2020/2117(INI) Trade related aspects and implications of COVID-19
Next event: Indicative plenary sitting date 2021/07/05
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| Role | Committee | Rapporteur | Shadows |
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VAN BREMPT Kathleen ( S&D)
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ASIMAKOPOULOU Anna-Michelle ( EPP),
RAFAELA Samira ( Renew),
BRICMONT Saskia ( Verts/ALE),
HAIDER Roman ( ID),
ZAHRADIL Jan ( ECR),
SCHOLZ Helmut ( GUE/NGL)
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| Committee Opinion | DEVE |
ASIMAKOPOULOU Anna-Michelle ( EPP)
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Charles GOERENS ( RE),
Miguel URBÁN CRESPO ( GUE/NGL),
Beata KEMPA ( ECR),
Gianna GANCIA ( ID),
Benoît BITEAU ( Verts/ALE),
Mónica Silvana GONZÁLEZ ( S&D)
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| Committee Opinion | AGRI |
AMARO Álvaro ( EPP)
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Elsi KATAINEN ( RE),
Pina PICIERNO ( S&D),
Bronis ROPĖ ( Verts/ALE),
Krzysztof JURGIEL ( ECR),
Elena LIZZI ( ID),
Chris MACMANUS ( GUE/NGL)
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2020/2117(INI)
2021/03/16
DEVE
85 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 (new) -1. whereas the Covid-19 pandemic highlighted the vulnerability of the global supply chain, notably in food and health, and the need to build regional value chains and boost regional integration;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Emphasises that the pandemic has affected different sectors of the economy in different ways, hitting small firms hardest and leading to particularly significant reductions in sales of vehicles, chemical products and machinery;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission to
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission to mount an assertive and coordinated international trade policy response geared towards a multilateral, resilient , fair and sustainable recovery in developing countries; calls on the Commission to deepen EU-Africa trade relations through a review of the impact of its economic partnership agreements
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission to mount an assertive and coordinated international trade policy response geared towards a multilateral, resilient and sustainable recovery in developing countries
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission to mount an assertive and coordinated international trade policy response geared towards a multilateral, resilient and sustainable recovery in developing countries; calls on the Commission to deepen EU-Africa trade relations through economic partnership agreements, while making the most of the EU’s Aid for Trade Strategy; calls on the Commission and Members States to boost their targeted support for pan-African and sub-regional trade integration arrangements and to ensure that their financial and technical assistance responds to African needs and priorities at all levels, helps to foster regional value chains and production networks, diversify their productive capacities and integrate into regional and global value chains;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission to mount an assertive and coordinated international trade policy response geared towards a multilateral, resilient and sustainable recovery in developing countries; calls on the Commission to deepen EU-Africa trade relations through economic partnership agreements, while making the most of the EU’s Aid for Trade Strategy, in order to provide sustainable investment opportunities for Africa and thus offer an alternative development model; calls on the Commission also to remain committed to concluding trade agreements and continuing negotiations with Latin American and Asian partners;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission to mount an assertive and coordinated international trade policy response geared towards a multilateral, resilient and sustainable recovery in developing countries; calls on the Commission to deepen EU-Africa trade relations through economic partnership agreements, while making the most of the EU’s Aid for Trade Strategy and actively accompany Africa's regional, economic and political integration through the realization of the African Continental Free Trade Area, and by supporting the African Agenda 2063;
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission to mount an assertive and coordinated international trade policy response geared towards a multilateral, resilient and sustainable recovery in developing countries; calls on the Commission to deepen EU-Africa trade
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 a (new) -1a. Welcomes the commitment made by the Commission in its Communication “Trade Policy Review - An Open, Sustainable and Assertive Trade Policy “ of 18 February 2021 to make its trade policy coherent with its overarching objective of green transformation of the economy, towards a climate neutral, environmentally sustainable, resource efficient and resilient economy by 2050;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Calls on the Commission to mount an assertive and coordinated international trade policy response geared towards a multilateral, resilient and sustainable recovery in developing countries; calls on the Commission to deepen EU-Africa trade relations through economic partnership agreements, while
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Welcomes the Commission’s intension to strengthen the enforcement mechanism of Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD) chapters and to launch a comprehensive early review in 2021 of the 15-point action plan on the effective implementation and enforcement of TSD Chapters in trade agreements; underlines the need to ensure that no provisions in the FTAs undermine the objectives and standards enshrined in the TSD chapters;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Recalls that the EU trade policy and relations with developing countries must be based on the fundamental values of the EU and contribute first and foremost to achieving sustainable growth, job creation, promotion of human rights and the eradication of poverty;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Encourages the
Amendment 24 #
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Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Encourages the EU and the Member States to help developing countries and regions to keep their borders open and to set up ‘green corridor mechanisms’ to allow the unhindered flow of essential goods, agri-food products
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Encourages the EU and the Member States to help developing countries and regions to keep their borders open and to set up ‘green corridor mechanisms’ to allow the unhindered flow of essential goods, agri-food products and humanitarian aid across borders, while taking, at the same time, decisive action to mitigate and adapt to climate change, protect the environment and strong social and labour policies;
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Encourages the EU and the Member States to help developing countries
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Encourages the EU and the Member States to help developing countries and regions to keep their borders open and to set up ‘
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Encourages the EU and the Member States to help developing
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes that COVID-19 has caused
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Underlines that the COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the violations of fundamental rights at work, poor working conditions, lack of fair wages, irregular or excessive working time, discrimination, as well as gender-based violence and harassment; calls on the EU and its Member States to make real progress in the commitment to elaborate the UN binding treaty on business and human rights and enforce the ILO Conventions on decent work in supply chains; calls on the EU to oversee the enforcement of the labour standards set out in the eight core ILO Conventions in developing countries, and to assist them in establishing and reinforcing initiatives, notably partnership programmes, to strengthen the labour inspection systems and to collect more data on how international labour standards address decent work deficits in the global supply chains in order to close identified governance gaps;
Amendment 31 #
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Invites the Commission to adapt its trade policy in order to help developing countries to boost the resilience and diversification of their value chains at a global, regional and local level, including reshoring and nearshoring, and points out that reshoring must be based on a comprehensive approach and take into account international trade, industry and the internal market;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Invites the Commission to adapt its trade policy in order to help developing partner countries to boost the resilience and diversification of their value chains at a global, regional and local level, including reshoring and nearshoring, in order to be better prepared for future systemic shocks;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Invites the Commission to
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Underlines that the post COVID- 19 recovery is a unique opportunity to re- set sustainable growth; calls on the Commission to present its review of the 15-point Action Plan on TSD Chapters, with the briefest of delays; expects the review to urgently address the enforceability of TSD commitments which have proven to be lacking, taking as a minimum recent advances in enforceability, namely the ability for the EU to tackle any non-compliance by partners;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Calls on the Commission to launch an EU Action Plan that focuses on shaping sustainable global supply chains, promoting human rights, social and environmental due diligence standards and transparency, which takes the experiences and lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic into account, and to update its 2006 Communication on ‘Promoting decent work for all – the EU contribution to the implementation of the decent work agenda in the world’;
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Stresses that agricultural export subsidies cause enormous damage to local producers, destroy local markets in LDCs and exacerbate their dependence on foreign imports, with a negative impact on food security in particular during the COVID-19 pandemic; calls on the Commission to actively participate in WTO negotiations to abolish agricultural export subsidies, in line with the “Nairobi Package” adopted at the WTO's Tenth Ministerial Conference in 2015;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes that COVID-19 has caused an unprecedented health, economic, social and humanitarian crisis on a global scale, with asymmetric effects for least developed countries (LDCs);
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 41 #
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Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Welcomes the commitment shown by the EU and its Member States in tackling the wider impact of COVID-19, in particular through the Coronavirus Global Response and COVAX initiatives; acknowledges the commitment of the Commission to make the COVID-19 vaccine a global public good and requests adequate measures for the global challenges of shortages, insufficient manufacturing capacity and the gap between COVAX objectives and their financing; calls on the Commission to coordinate with the
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Welcomes the commitment shown by the EU and its Member States in tackling the wider impact of COVID-19, in particular through the Coronavirus Global Response and COVAX initiatives; calls on the Commission to coordinate with the World Health Organization and the African Union in order to scale up vaccine production for developing countries and to make vaccines affordable and universally available;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Welcomes the commitment shown by the EU and its Member States in tackling the wider impact of COVID-19, in particular through the Coronavirus Global Response and COVAX initiatives, which demonstrate our solidarity with the least developed countries; calls on the Commission to coordinate with the World Health Organization and the African Union in order to scale up vaccine production for developing countries;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Welcomes the commitment shown by the EU and its Member States in tackling the wider impact of COVID-19, in particular through the Coronavirus Global Response
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Welcomes UN Secretary-General’s call to ensure equal, affordable and rapid access to COVID-19 vaccines globally; urges the Commission to take a leading role in the WTO TRIPS Council debates on avoiding barriers to access to vaccines and transfer of technology by promoting consensus in the flexibilization of TRIPS obligations; requests to consider compulsory licensing and implementation of Regulation (EC) No 816/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on compulsory licensing of patents relating to the manufacture of pharmaceutical products for export to countries with public health problems as a means to boost EU cooperation with developing countries facing COVID-19;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Points out that the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines in developing countries, especially LDCs, faces unprecedented challenges due to a lack of logistical capacity, poor transportation and storage, including breaks in the cold chain integrity, and fragile healthcare systems; calls on the Commission to actively support LDCs in the handling and transportation of COVID-19 vaccines in line with international regulatory requirements and ensure that there is no delay in the attainment of mass immunisation against COVID-19 in these countries;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes that COVID-19 has caused an unprecedented health, economic, social and humanitarian crisis on a global scale, with asymmetric effects for least developed countries (LDCs)
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Deeply regrets that the EU has opposed the proposal of India and South Africa for a temporary waiver on patents and IPRs for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments at the WTO, a proposal supported by all developing countries; urges the EU to change this approach and to support the request for a temporary waiver on IPRs on COVID-19 vaccines and treatments;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Is deeply worried that financing constraints and limitations in the supply of vaccines will prevent many LDCs from completing mass immunisation against COVID-19 until 2023 or even later; considers that waiving the patents on the vaccines that have been developed with massive public funding would increase the production of vaccines in all countries that have sufficient industrial capacity and would raise the purchasing capacity of COVAX due to the price lowering of vaccines that such a measure would entail; calls on the Commission to support the proposal of India and South Africa for a temporary waiver of Sections 1, 4, 5 and 7 of Part II of the TRIPS Agreement in order to ensure that vaccines are available in all developing countries in the shortest term possible;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Requests to provide to the Commission-Parliament Contact Group an oversight over the decision making in the COVID-19 response, including the negotiation of Advance Purchase Agreements (APAs); requests the inclusion of DEVE Committee representatives in the Commission- Parliament Contact Group to provide adequate input for an EU Global vaccination strategy that is prepared for challenges such as the deployment of the vaccine in countries with insufficient medical infrastructure, production of vaccines in developing countries, a humanitarian buffer of vaccines and risk reduction and preparedness against new strains of the virus;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Regrets that pharmaceutical companies have chosen not to engage with the WHO COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP), an initiative that aims to encourage the voluntary contribution of IP, technologies and data to support global sharing and scale-up of manufacturing and supply of COVID-19 health technologies and that despite huge public funding, there is no tool for the EU and its Member States to force pharmaceutical companies to engage in such mechanism.
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 c (new) Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Urges the
Amendment 56 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Urges the Commission to identify the appropriate measures to ensure that this pandemic does not precipitate a food crisis in the developing world;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Urges the Commission to identify the appropriate measures to ensure that this pandemic does not precipitate a food crisis in the developing world; supports actions to facilitate trade with a view to promoting
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6. Urges the Commission to make food security one of its priorities and to identify the appropriate measures to ensure that this pandemic does not precipitate a food crisis in the developing world; stresses that the legitimate demand to reduce the pressure placed by agriculture on the environment must be pursued in such a way, and at such a pace, as to ensure food security for all citizens in developing countries, as well as in the EU; supports actions to facilitate trade with a view to promoting food safety and sanitary and phytosanitary measures in response to COVID-19;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes that COVID-19 has caused an unprecedented health, economic, social and humanitarian crisis on a global scale, with asymmetric effects for least developed countries (LDCs) and low- and middle- income countries (LICs and MICs), especially for people in poverty or at risk of poverty; calls for the
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on the Commission to consider the implications of COVID-19 and its impact on achieving the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Goals; accordingly, urges the Commission to re- adapt its trade policy in line with its global development policy accordingly to ensure that economies and societies are rebuilt better, more sustainable, more resilient and more socio-economically equal after the pandemic; stresses that tackling inequalities must become central to the EU’s post-COVID-19 global strategy, including its trade agenda, to make sure that progress on reducing poverty, education, public health, gender equality and climate action is not lost due to the pandemic;
Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Recalls that seed diversity is vital in building the resilience of farming to climate change; recalls that farm-saved seeds are estimated to account for over 80% of farmers’ total seed requirements in some African countries; calls for the EU to support intellectual property rights regimes that enhance the development of locally adapted seed varieties and farmer- saved seeds, in line with the provisions of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA), which safeguards the rights of farmers to maintain genetic resources for purposes of food security and climate change adaptation;
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Notes that the vital restrictions on trade and international transport imposed by national governments in an effort to contain the spread of the pandemic have led to breaks in international trade flows and value chains, and in the provision of technical support to developing countries, causing social and economic damage;
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Recalls that the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services will undermine progress in approximately 80 % of the assessed targets for the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); regrets that dispute settlement systems covering biodiversity and trade provisions in Multilateral Environment Agreements are not binding, unlike the WTO enforcement system, which de facto embodies the supremacy of commercial law over biodiversity; in particular, recalls that current WTO rules limit the possibility of EU Member States of raising tariffs on products that have a negative impact on biodiversity; against this backdrop, welcomes the commitment of the Commission to prioritise effective implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity in trade and investment agreements; and calls on the Commission to advocate reform of the WTO along this line;
Amendment 64 #
6b. Calls on the Commission to consider the geopolitical and commercial repercussions of the shift to online trading during the pandemic, which has increased further the volume of transactions accounted for by the main digital platforms, which are supplied by a relatively small number of large firms mainly located in China and the United States;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Considers that COVID-19 has accelerated the shift towards digitalisation, which presents opportunities to facilitate international trade, to reduce face to face processes and allow for efficient logistics and strategic stockpiling with enormous potential, in particular for developing partner countries; underlines that developing countries and LDCs trail behind in the digital economy and calls on the Commission to collaborate with developing partner countries in order to facilitate digital infrastructure, establish policy strategies and harmonise regulatory frameworks for
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to collaborate with developing partner countries
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to collaborate with developing partner countries in order to
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes that COVID-19 has caused an unprecedented health, economic, social and humanitarian crisis on a global scale, with asymmetric effects for least developed countries (LDCs) whose high vulnerability is linked to poor economic diversification and high dependency on export of raw materials; calls for the EU to tailor its commitments and approach to developing countries and LDCs accordingly;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 7. Calls on the Commission to collaborate with developing partner countries in order to facilitate digital infrastructure, as well as to accord strategic importance to digital trade, establish policy strategies and harmonise regulatory frameworks for e-commerce
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Considers that the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development dictates that we work in a multilateral context and coordinate policies at the international and national levels to deal with the enormous challenges to these aspirations resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and to factor in the Sustainable Development Goals in the rebuilding and restructuring of international trade networks;
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Welcomes the commitment of the Commission to reinforce the sustainability dimension of existing and future trade agreements; accordingly, calls for a fully- fledged sustainability ex-ante and ex-post impact assessment of EU FTAs;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to make compliance with the Paris Agreement an “essential clause” of the EU trade agreements; stresses that, in order to be enforceable, the environmental objectives of the EU’s free trade agreements (FTAs) must be clear, quantifiable, verifiable, based on robust, transparent and inclusive ex-ante sustainable impact assessments and include sanctions for non-compliance;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Stresses the importance of using strategic foresight in order to improve developing countries’ preparedness and resilience to any future shocks and health crises, including the emergence of new disease mutations and future pandemics, aiming to develop future-proof strategies and responses;
Amendment 75 #
7b. Deplores the fact that the economic and social effects of the pandemic are being felt to a disproportionate degree by women, a state of affairs which may reverse decades of progress in the areas of gender equality and female emancipation;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 c (new) 7c. Welcomes the Commission's commitment to engage the EU to pursue a strong environmental agenda at the WTO, notably by taking initiatives that promote climate and sustainability considerations in the remit of the WTO; recalls that the objective of sustainable development should become the overriding principle guiding the work of the WTO, whose rules and operations should be designed accordingly, using the Agenda 2030 and Paris Agreement commitments as a minimum benchmark;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 c (new) 7c. Emphasises the need to make gender equality and female emancipation integral to trade measures and development programmes, in order to ensure that women are not disproportionately affected by future crises as well;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 c (new) 7c. Urges the Commission to take account of the fact that trade measures affect women and men differently and to identify new entrepreneurial and employment opportunities for women and curb any negative gender-related effects;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 d (new) 7d. Believes that parties to the Paris Agreement should have policy space to implement climate response measures in fulfilment of current and future National Determined Contributions (NDC), without risking trade retaliation measures from trading partners; however, stresses the need to take into account the adverse impact of climate-related trade restrictions on developing countries and to take appropriate actions to mitigate them, such as climate funding, insurance, technology transfer and capacity building, in line with UNFCC related commitments and the principle of “common but differentiated responsibilities” (CBDR);
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Underlines the link between deforestation and the risks of new zoonotic pandemics; recalls how trade liberalization is one of the causes of increased deforestation, and calls on the commission to avoid signing free trade agreements that could contribute to deforestation;
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 d (new) 7d. Welcomes the decision taken at the 24th session of the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) to set as a priority theme ‘Harnessing science, technology and innovation to bridge the gap regarding the third Sustainable Development Goal’;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 e (new) 7e. Stresses the need to account for the carbon “embodied” in imported goods and services; along this line, calls on the EU to take steps to re-launch discussions within the WTO on process and production methods to enable products to be differentiated in terms of their carbon footprint, energy footprint or technological standards; insists that such initiative should be accompanied by measures facilitating technology transfer both for climate adaptation and mitigation to accommodate the needs of developing countries;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 e (new) 7e. Emphasises that science and technology offer great potential to meet the challenges posed by the health, economic and social crisis caused by the pandemic and that this potential can best be exploited by enhancing innovation schemes and multilateral cooperation in global science and innovation networks;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 f (new) 7f. Underlines that Intellectual Property Rights may hinder transfer of cleaner technologies; recalls that WTO- TRIPS flexibilities could contribute significantly to the transfer of climate- friendly technologies; calls on the EU to take the lead in the identification of the salient barriers to the dissemination of technologies in developing countries to address climate change and to strive to promote the adoption of a Declaration on “IPR and Climate Change” comparable to the Doha Declaration of 2001 on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health, to foster the legal transfer of climate- friendly technology to developing countries, in compliance with the Paris Agreement and the UNFCCC, notably the principle of Common But Differentiated Responsibilities (CBDR);along this line, takes the view that EU FTAs with developing countries should include provisions that promote technology transfer and enable local content requirements in their public procurement and investment policies;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 f (new) 7f. Acknowledges that scientific and technological progress can make it easier to integrate the value generated by producers in developing countries into global chains; takes the view that, if they are to enhance and build on competitive advantages, open innovation models call for cooperation between firms and external partners; calls, with a view to creating an environment conducive to innovation, for cooperation between a range of actors, including local producers and multinational companies, in order to develop the capabilities needed to take up, assimilate, adapt and disseminate existing know-how and technologies;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 7 g (new) 7g. Calls on the Commission to actively work within the WTO in order to promote multilateral rules for sustainable management of Global Value Chains, including mandatory supply chain due diligence.
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Emphasises that the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted a number of obstacles to sustainable development, but has also revealed new opportunities for trade and development;
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AGRI
114 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 (new) -1. Believes that the absolute priority of the CAP should be to ensure food security throughout the EU, which cannot be achieved at local or regional level;
Amendment 10 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that, against the background of a sharp economic downturn, caused, moreover, by COVID-19, EU agri- food trade has remarkably remained broadly stable over the course of 2020, for both exports and imports, thanks in large part to the best efforts of farmers; highlights that the Union’s yearly agri-food trade surplus exceeded EUR 60 billion; recalls in this context that agriculture and agri-food are key drivers for EU exports and economic recovery;
Amendment 100 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Emphasizes the importance of transparency and traceability in food supply chain, in particular, in the light of the COVID-19 crisis and zoonotic epidemics and calls the EU to be a forerunner in origin labelling of agri-food products;
Amendment 101 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Stresses the importance of further promoting European products in third countries and further identifying new market outlets.
Amendment 102 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Recalls that the disjointed process of testing between Member States, for transiting truck drivers, led to significant delays at borders;
Amendment 103 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Underlines that the trading and farming of animals living in the wild amplifies risks for public health, combining critical factors for the occurrence of zoonoses; urges the Commission to present legal proposals to ban the import, the trade and the keeping and consumption of wildlife in the EU, in order to reduce the risk of future zoonosis outbreaks;
Amendment 104 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 b (new) 5 b. Highlights the need for the EU and Chinese authorities to work together to reduce the level of COVID 19 attestations required for EU exports to China, such as dairy products;
Amendment 105 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 c (new) Amendment 106 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 d (new) 5 d. Stresses the importance of ensuring that COVID related entry bans imposed on third countries do not affect the flow of goods from one Member State to another, in a situation where a third country is utilised in the transit route
Amendment 107 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 e (new) 5 e. Stresses the need to learn from the pandemic, enter into a post growth debate and prioritise sustainable supply chains;
Amendment 108 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 f (new) 5 f. Notes the increase in zoonotic epidemics, therefore emphasizing the need to move away from the large scale industrial farming model towards sustainable family farms;
Amendment 109 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 g (new) 5 g. Highlights the impact COVID 19 has had on our primary producers trading ability and calls on the EU to financially support those most put at risk of bankruptcy by the disruption;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that, against the background of a sharp economic downturn, EU agri-food trade has
Amendment 110 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 h (new) 5 h. Notes that the pandemic has led to additional trading disruption for EU countries or territories not connected to mainland Europe, therefore solutions to avoid this in future must be investigated;
Amendment 111 #
5 i. Underlines that the COVID-19 pandemic has shown extreme vulnerability of the globalised economy and has an unprecedented impact on global and regional trade in foods and agricultural products;
Amendment 112 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 j (new) 5 j. Highlights the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the EU agricultural sectors that are dependent on supplies from the third countries, and therefore stresses the need to strengthen shorter supply chains, particularly for inputs, local food networks and direct sales, which can be especially beneficial for small and medium-sized producers;
Amendment 113 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 k (new) Amendment 114 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 l (new) 5 l. Welcomes the relaxation of the requirements for paper certificates to accompany shipments of food products, during the COVID 19 pandemic, and calls for the permanent acceptance of digital certifications;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Stresses that the EU exports high quality agri-food products and that the feared loss of global purchasing power, linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, could have a negative impact on these high- value exports which are particularly important for the EU's agri-food sector;
Amendment 13 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 a (new) 1 a. Stresses that the Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the vulnerability of the global supply chain, notably in food and health, and the need to build regional value chains, and boost regional integration;
Amendment 14 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 b (new) 1 b. Recalls the principle of policy coherence for development to ensure European exports do not hinder the development of local production; calls, both at EU and non-EU level, for the prioritisation of local food production and consumption that ensure local job creation, guarantee fair prices for producers and consumers, reduce countries' dependence on imports and their vulnerability to international price fluctuations;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Emphasises the remarkable resilience of European agriculture; underlines its socio-economic importance as well as the high number of companies and jobs involved; stresses the importance of Europe’s agri-food production for the vitality of its rural areas; stresses, however, that the unprecedented restriction of economic activity in Europe and worldwide, which is necessary to protect people's health and lives, is causing a significant reduction in household incomes and thus in consumer purchasing power, which in the near future may result in a decline in consumption at global level or a change in food preferences towards cheaper, lower-quality products;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Emphasises the remarkable resilience of European agriculture; At the same time acknowledges that the COVID- 19 crisis has demonstrated dependence of food production system on transport, and that concentration of production and weakening of local markets is problematic and should be addressed by appropriate measures; underlines its socio-economic importance as well as the high number of companies and jobs involved; stresses the importance of Europe’s agri-food production for the vitality of its rural areas;
Amendment 18 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Emphasises the
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion Paragraph -1 a (new) -1a. Completely understands the need to transform European agriculture and move it towards more environmentally- friendly production; is, however, seriously concerned that the ambitious aims of the Farm to Fork and Biodiversity 2030 strategies, as well as the extended conditionality of direct payments under CAP Pillar I – in the absence of an impact assessment – together with a significant reduction in the CAP budget in the next CAP financial perspective pose huge risks to basic incomes, especially for small rural farms, and to the global volume of agricultural production in the EU;
Amendment 20 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Emphasises the remarkable resilience of European agriculture; underlines its socio-economic importance as well as the high number of companies and jobs involved; stresses the importance of Europe’s agri-food production
Amendment 21 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Emphasises the remarkable resilience of European agriculture and agri-food sector; underlines its socio- economic importance as well as the high number of companies and jobs involved, including low-skilled workers; stresses the importance of Europe’s agri-food production for the vitality of its rural areas; stresses the strategic importance of the continuity of these sectors, all the more in times of crisis;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Emphasises the remarkable resilience of European agriculture; underlines its socio-economic importance as well as the high number of companies and jobs involved; stresses the importance of Europe’s agri-food production for the vitality of its rural areas and the efficient operation of the food supply chain;
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Emphasises the remarkable resilience of European agriculture; underlines its socio-economic importance as well as the high number of companies and jobs involved; stresses the importance of Europe’s agri-food production for the vitality of its rural areas and outermost regions;
Amendment 24 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Emphasises the remarkable
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Emphasises the remarkable resilience of European agriculture and especially PDO products; underlines its socio-economic importance as well as the high number of companies and jobs involved; stresses the importance of Europe’s agri-food production for the vitality of its rural areas;
Amendment 26 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Emphasises the remarkable economic resilience of European agriculture; underlines its socio-economic importance as well as the high number of companies and jobs involved; stresses the importance of Europe’s agri-food production for
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Highlights the importance of the catalytic effect that the Covid-19 crisis has had on e-commerce in the agri-food sector, and given that e-commerce companies are positioning themselves as an additional actor, stresses the need to ensure that e-commerce be a positive and energising instrument which does not generate imbalances in the supply chain;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 2 a (new) 2 a. Notes the importance of multiple levels of control in order to ban illegal imports of agricultural products;
Amendment 29 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 Amendment 3 #
-1b. Notes in this context that EU agricultural production, weighed down by new environmental, climate and animal welfare requirements, may not be able to withstand competition on the free market from products from non-EU countries whose producers are not similarly weighed down by production requirements and can frequently offer dumping sales prices. Therefore stresses that setting new ambitious reduction targets for the agricultural sector in terms of greenhouse-gas emissions, the use of fertilisers and plant protection products for the Member States must be preceded by the implementation of suitable investment and technology which will ensure the stability and continuity of agricultural production;
Amendment 30 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Recalls, however, that some European agri-food markets are in a highly vulnerable situation after a significant loss in sales, threatening their long-term sustainability; notes that the pandemic has had a significant impact on the wine, spirit and liqueur sectors, among others, given the drop in exports in terms of both volume and value; calls for further support to reactivate these exports and regain market share; insists that the European Commission and the Member States should set up a compensation fund for the wine and spirits sector in order to mitigate the damage caused by the recently lifted US sanctions and the closure of the HORECA sector;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Recalls, however, that some European agri-food markets are in a highly vulnerable situation after a significant loss in sales, threatening their long-term sustainability; notes that the pandemic has had a significant impact on
Amendment 32 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Recalls, however, that some European agri-food markets are in a highly vulnerable situation after a significant loss in sales, or increase in imports, which threaten
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Recalls, however, that some European agri-food markets are in a highly vulnerable situation after a significant loss in sales, while at the same time they are being confronted with a drop in prices combined, among other things, with a rise in animal feed prices, threatening their long-term sustainability; notes that the pandemic has had a significant impact on the beef, poultry, pig, wine, spirit and liqueur sectors, among others, given the drop in exports in terms of both volume and value because of COVID-19 measures affecting the hospitality sector; calls for further support to reactivate and diversify these exports and regain market share;
Amendment 34 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Recalls, however, that some European agri-food markets are in a highly
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Recalls, however, that some European agri-food markets are in a highly vulnerable situation after a significant loss in sales, threatening their long-term sustainability; notes that the pandemic has had a significant impact on the wine, spirit and liqueur sectors, among others, given the drop in exports in terms of both volume and value; calls for further support to reactivate these exports and regain market share, applying this similarly to the fruit and vegetables sector for those outermost regions that export;
Amendment 36 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Recalls, however, that some European agri-food markets are in a highly vulnerable situation after a significant loss in sales, threatening their long-term sustainability; notes that the pandemic has had a significant impact on agri-food and drink sector such as the wine, spirit and liqueur sectors
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Recalls, however, that some European agri-food markets are in a highly vulnerable situation after a significant loss in sales, threatening their long-term sustainability; notes that the pandemic has had a significant impact on the wine, spirit and liqueur sectors, among others, given the drop in exports in terms of both volume and value; calls for further support, including, in particular, the extension of the extraordinary measures for the wine sector, to reactivate these exports and regain market share;
Amendment 38 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Recalls, however, that some European agri-food markets are in a highly vulnerable situation after a significant loss in sales, threatening their long-term sustainability; notes that the pandemic has had a significant impact on the wine, spirit and liqueur sectors, among others, given the drop in exports in terms of both volume and value; calls for further support to re
Amendment 39 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Recalls, however, that some European agri-food markets are in a highly vulnerable situation after a significant loss in sales, threatening their long-term sustainability; notes that the pandemic has had a significant impact on the wine, spirit and liqueur sectors, among others, given the drop in exports in terms of both volume and value;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that, against the background of a sharp economic downturn,
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Recalls, however, that some European agri-food markets are in a highly vulnerable situation after a significant loss in sales, threatening their long-term sustainability; notes that the pandemic has had a significant impact on the wine, spirit and liqueur sectors, among others, given the lockdown of the EU tourism sector and the drop in exports in terms of both volume and value; calls for further support to reactivate these exports and regain market share;
Amendment 41 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Recalls, however, that some European agri-food markets are in a highly vulnerable situation after a significant loss in sales, threatening their long-term sustainability; notes that the pandemic has had a significant impact on the stockbreeding, food, wine, spirit and liqueur sectors, among others, given the drop in exports in terms of both volume and value; calls for further support to reactivate these exports and regain market share;
Amendment 42 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 – point 1 (new) (1) Highlights the fact that low prices, combined with the increase in costs during and after the pandemic as well as other factors, have reduced, and will continue to reduce, the investment capacity of farms; stresses the need to support on-farm investments, in order to enable the agricultural sector to contribute to the post-pandemic recovery; emphasises the importance of the national recovery plans in this regard;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Highlights that while Member States should preserve the free circulation of, in particular, medicines, medical equipment, essential and perishable food products and livestock, some border crossings have not enabled animal transports to be prioritized and livestock vehicles coming from high-risk zones were not permitted at others, making transported animals subject to dozens of kilometers long queues and undue suffering; calls for enforceable rules which will recognize the ever more precarious situation of live animal transports during zoonotic pandemics as well as for preparation of contingency plans in case of an unforeseen event such as the closure of the borders;
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Recalls that the disruptions caused by COVID-19 highlighted the difficulty of maintaining long supply chains, and the merits of a shift towards shorter supply chains, particularly with regard to livestock sector and its reliance on long- distance transport of feed and animals; notes that, despite Commission efforts to facilitate animal transports via the use of “green lanes”, the correct implementation of the Regulation 1/2005 on the protection of animals during transport could not be assured in the rapidly evolving epidemic situation, putting animal welfare as well as driver health at risk;
Amendment 45 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Calls on the European Commission to pay particular attention, and provide the necessary support, to those agri-food markets most severely affected by the COVID-19 crisis, such as the wine sector, whose sales have been severely hampered by the closure of the HORECA sector, and for which it is necessary to seek funding lines for additional Covid-19 measures that do not depend on the funds allocated to the National Wine Programmes;
Amendment 47 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Reiterates that in many sectors, e.g. potatoes, veal and flowers, farmers and market gardeners have suffered severe financial losses because of the closure of shops and hospitality outlets; stresses that because of the specific nature of food production, and as a result of working with growth cycles and fresh products, primary producers are in a particularly vulnerable position in the event of unexpected extreme market conditions;
Amendment 48 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Highlights the fact that the Covid crises have led to a reduction in the consumption of certain agricultural sectors and in this context regrets that the budget allocated to the horizontal promotion programs has been cut by 9% in 2021, well beyond the reduction of 4% decided on the overall agricultural budget; therefore stresses the need to increase the allocation of the 2022 promotion program in preparation at least to the level of the 2020 budget;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Points out that the exceptional measures to support the agri-food sector that were proposed at the beginning of the pandemic were insufficient; stresses, in this regard, the need for farm liquidity support; this additional support should ensure continuity and enable the agri- food sector to act on market and trade opportunities once these pick up again;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that, against the background of a sharp economic downturn, EU agri-food trade has remarkably remained broadly stable over the course of 2020, for both exports and imports, thanks in large part to the best efforts of farmers; highlights that the Union’s yearly agri-food trade surplus exceeded EUR 60 billion; recalls in this context that agriculture and agri-food are key drivers for EU exports and economic recovery; In this connection, calls on the Member States to allocate an appropriate and meaningful portion of the European Recovery Funds (Next Generation EU) to the primary sector.
Amendment 50 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Emphasizes an EU-wide drop of prices for potatoes early in the COVID-19 crisis; notes, moreover, the significant impact on the ornamental horticulture sector, since its main sales opportunities were hindered by restrictive COVID-19 measures;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Deplores the fact that the Commission did not immediately take appropriate market measures and exceptional measures to mitigate and prevent financial harm to farmers and market gardeners in what have been exceptional circumstances; calls on the Commission to learn from this in order, in the future, to make better use of the options available and to provide sufficient resources against the relevant budget headings so as to facilitate swift action;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Calls on the European Commission to take account, in particular, of the delicate situation in which the agri-food sector found itself in the months prior to the pandemic due to the tariff hikes imposed by the US administration, as well as the consequences of Brexit, a situation that has been aggravated by the onset of the pandemic;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Stresses the fact that low prices in combination with higher costs during and after the pandemic and other factors reduced and will reduce the investment capacity of farms; emphasises the need for on-farm investment support, to enable the agricultural sector to contribute to the post pandemic recovery; stresses the importance of national recovery-plans in this regard;
Amendment 54 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Notes that the European Union introduced a State aid temporary framework that has allowed Member States to provide their agricultural and agri-food sectors with additional support; stresses that this framework created very little fiscal space and led to very different crisis responses across the different Member States;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Highlights that COVID-19 posed particular difficulties for the supply chains of labour-intensive sectors such as fruit, vegetables and animal products, and that the measures to facilitate the continuation of production and trade in such circumstance must better integrate concerns for workers’ welfare, as well as their freedom of movement;
Amendment 56 #
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) 3c. Voices deep concern at the reported increase in unfair commercial practices during the pandemic, including the imposition of penalties for abnormal deliveries resulting from force majeure, unilateral changes to contracts, and downward pressure on prices; calls on the Commission to monitor application of the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive by Member States;
Amendment 58 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 3 c (new) 3 c. Recalls that the exceptional measures to support the agri-food sector proposed at the beginning of the pandemic were insufficient; stresses in this regard the need of on-farm liquidity support; this additional support should ensure the continuity and should enable the agri-food sector to respond to the market and trade opportunities once it is fully open again;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that any EU economic stimulus plans and export support measures need to consider agriculture in view of the importance and diversity of the sector; also stresses that the review and overhaul of EU trade policy, as well as the announced reform of the World Trade Organization, must be an opportunity to better defend the European agricultural model and farmers’ interests;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that, against the background of a sharp economic downturn, EU agri-food trade has remarkably remained in general broadly stable over the course of 2020, for both exports and imports, thanks in large part to the best efforts of farmers;
Amendment 60 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 Amendment 61 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that any EU economic stimulus plans and export support measures need to consider agriculture in view of the importance and diversity of the sector; also stresses that the review and overhaul of EU trade policy, as well as the announced reform of the World Trade Organization,
Amendment 62 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that any EU economic stimulus plans and export support measures need to consider agriculture in view of the importance and diversity of the sector; also stresses that the review and overhaul of EU trade policy, as well as the announced reform of the World Trade Organization
Amendment 63 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that any EU economic stimulus plans and export support measures need to consider agriculture in view of the importance and diversity of the sector; also stresses that the review and overhaul of EU trade policy, as well as the announced reform of the World Trade Organization, must be an opportunity to better defend the European agricultural model and farmers
Amendment 64 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that any EU economic stimulus plans and export support measures need to consider agriculture in view of the importance and diversity of the sector; also stresses that the review and overhaul of EU trade policy, as well as the announced reform of the World Trade Organization, must be an opportunity to better defend the European agricultural model and farmers’ interests; reiterates firmly that agriculture
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that any EU economic stimulus plans and export support measures need to consider agriculture in view of the importance and production diversity of the sector; also stresses that the review and overhaul of EU trade policy, called for by the sector for years, as well as the announced reform of the World Trade Organization, if all members comply with it, can and must be an opportunity to better defend the European agricultural model and European farmers’ interests; reiterates firmly that agriculture and agri-food products entering the European market must fully comply with EU
Amendment 66 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that any EU economic stimulus plans and
Amendment 67 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that any EU economic stimulus plans and export support measures need to consider agriculture in view of the importance and diversity of the sector; also stresses that the review and overhaul of EU trade policy, as well as the announced reform of the World Trade Organization, as well as the fundamental overhaul of the EU-Mercosur agreement, must be an opportunity to better defend the European agricultural model and farmers’ interests; reiterates firmly that agriculture and agri- food products entering the European market must fully comply with EU rules and standards;
Amendment 68 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that any EU economic stimulus plans and export support measures need to consider agriculture in view of the importance and diversity of the sector; also stresses that the review and overhaul of EU trade policy, as well as the announced reform of the World Trade Organization, and the overhaul of the EU-Mercosur agreement, must be an opportunity to better defend the European agricultural model and farmers’ interests; reiterates firmly that agriculture and agri-food products entering the European market must fully comply with EU rules and standards;
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that any EU economic stimulus plans and export support measures need to give priority to agri-food chain sustainability and consider agriculture in view of the importance and diversity of the sector; also stresses that the review and overhaul of EU trade policy, as well as the announced reform of the World Trade Organization, must be an opportunity to better defend the European agricultural model and farmers’ interests; reiterates firmly that agriculture and agri-food products entering the European market must fully comply with EU rules and standards;
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that, against the background of a sharp economic downturn, EU agri-food trade has in general remarkably remained broadly stable over the course of 2020, for both exports and imports, thanks in large part to the best efforts of farmers; highlights that the Union’s yearly agri-food trade surplus exceeded EUR 60 billion; notes, however, that these figures are highly different across Member States and sectors; recalls in this context that agriculture and agri- food are key drivers for EU exports and economic recovery;
Amendment 70 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that any EU economic stimulus plans and export support measures need to consider agriculture in view of the importance and diversity of the sector; also stresses that the review and overhaul of EU trade policy, as well as the announced reform of the World Trade Organization, must be an opportunity to better defend the
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that any EU economic stimulus plans and export support measures need to consider European and overseas agriculture in view of the importance and diversity of the sector; also stresses that the review and overhaul of EU trade policy, as well as the announced reform of the World Trade Organization, must be an opportunity to better defend the European agricultural model and farmers’
Amendment 72 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 4. Stresses that any EU economic stimulus plans and export support measures need to consider agriculture in view of the importance and diversity of the sector; also stresses that the review and overhaul of EU trade policy, as well as the announced reform of the World Trade Organization, must be an opportunity to better defend the European agricultural model and farmers’ interests; reiterates firmly that agriculture and agri-food products entering the European market must fully comply with EU food-safety rules and standards;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 (new) Stresses that the implementation of the initiatives and requirements of the European Green Deal should not lead to the leakage of agricultural production and forestry to third countries, which would have negative impact on the environment and climate;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. underlines that the crisis following the Covid-19 pandemic should be an opportunity to rethink the EU trade policy especially for what concerns its environmental impact and to put EU agriculture concerns, especially of the most vulnerable sectors, as high priorities in the trading negotiations with third partners; is convinced that the EU should use its position as a major global player to set the benchmark and direct international standards for sustainable food systems, based on respect for human and labour rights, fair competition, the precautionary principle, environmental protection and animal welfare in accordance with World Trade Organization (WTO) rules;
Amendment 75 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Stresses that the new requirements of the Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies and our commitments in the fight against climate change will give rise to even more demanding rules and regulations for agriculture, which will require us to bring about important changes in our agricultural model; considers it crucial to make the necessary changes to EU trade policy in order to ensure adequate competitiveness and a good future for European agriculture by making products from third countries subject to the same level of requirements;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Recalls the commitment made by the Commission in its Farm to Fork Strategy to support the global transition to sustainable agri-food system, notably by striving to obtain ambitious commitments from third countries in key areas such as animal welfare, the use of pesticides and the fight against antimicrobial resistance; recalls equally its pledge to support small- scale farmers, short-supply chains, agro- ecology and conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity;
Amendment 77 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Highlights that the far-reaching exceedance of the carrying capacity of the earth caused several crises worldwide, namely the social justice crisis, the climate crisis, the biodiversity crisis and the current health crisis, and that policy aimed at a rapid return to economic growth is the problem instead of the solution to these crises;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Points out that the rapid establishment of ‘green lanes’ for agricultural products and supplies has proven to be of great value in ensuring food supplies in all parts of the Union; stresses the importance of smart and efficient chains for a stable food supply;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Highlights the importance of fair, sustainable and active EU trade policy and the role of bilateral and multilateral trade agreements for the European agri- food sector and exports; stresses that the concept of strategic autonomy should not lead to protectionism;
Amendment 8 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that, against the background of a sharp economic downturn,
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 a (new) 4 a. Notes the importance of working with third countries, that are commonly used as a transit route between Member States, to ensure EU freight passes without hindrance;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4 b. Welcomes the Commission’s commitment to make compliance with the Paris Agreement an “essential clause” of the EU trade agreements; stresses that, in order to be enforceable, the environmental objectives of the EU’s free trade agreements (FTAs), especially related to trade of agriculture products, must be clear, quantifiable, verifiable, based on robust, transparent and inclusive ex-ante sustainable impact assessments and include sanctions for non-compliance;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4 b. Calls for a review of the trade preferences scheme and its current method of application as it is causing serious harm to a number of European sectors, such as the rice sector, and of the preferential concessions to Myanmar, a country that benefits from the GSP despite the serious violations of basic freedoms and human rights that are taking place there, following the coup d'état;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4 b. Stresses that the EU, in line with its Green Deal principles, should not import products coming from deforested areas or with lower environmental standards; recalls therefore the need to have a full transparent supply chain to guarantee the respect of EU standards as well as a high level information for the consumers;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4 b. Emphasises the urgent need to ensure no new trade barriers are created or retained, as a result of the pandemic, with our closet third country trading partners
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 b (new) 4 b. Emphasizes that food is a human right, but wrongly seen as a commodity, and that EU policy should be aimed at providing access to healthy and sustainable food;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 c (new) Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 c (new) 4 c. Stresses the need to create strong incentives for third countries to adopt ambitious commitments in sustainable and environmental friendly food production field by meeting EU standards; Calls to introduce, where relevant, staged implementation of tariff reduction linked to the effective implementation of such provisions;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 c (new) 4 c. Recalls the need, at WTO level, to permanently reduce or preferably remove all tariffs on medical products essential for fighting pandemics such as COVID 19;
Amendment 89 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 d (new) 4 d. Stresses the need to make recovery EU budgetary support for large retailers conditional upon them honouring their contracts with suppliers in the global south, such as in the garment industry;
Amendment 9 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Stresses that, against the background of a sharp economic downturn, EU agri-food trade has remarkably remained broadly stable over the course of 2020, for both exports and imports, thanks in large part to the best efforts of farmers
Amendment 90 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 e (new) 4 e. Welcomes the Commission's guidelines on screening foreign direct investment, to guard against a predatory takeover of a weakened EU enterprise, as a result of the pandemic;
Amendment 91 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 4 f (new) 4 f. Stresses that the COVID-19 pandemic revealed the need for a radical transformation of the entire food system, in order to ensure broader security of food supply and local stable prices, in particular for the most vulnerable populations and based on food sovereignty principles, and to tackle unfair trading practices for the lower participants in the food chain;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Highlights the overall importance of a well-functioning internal market in order to enhance Europe’s export capacity and secure our producer network; stresses that the model of the EU agriculture, based mainly on small- and medium-sized family farms with limited financial capacity, could suffer from an unfair competition deriving from free trade agreements; calls therefore the Commission and the Member states to be prepared to defend and support this model with a coherent and holistic trade policy, taking into account all costs and benefits deriving from it.
Amendment 93 #
5. Highlights the overall importance of a well-functioning internal market in order to enhance Europe
Amendment 94 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Highlights the overall importance of a well-functioning internal market
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Highlights the overall importance of a balanced and well-functioning internal market in order to enhance Europe’s export capacity
Amendment 96 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 5. Highlights the overall importance of a well-functioning internal market in order to enhance Europe’s
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 – point a (new) (a) Recalls that the EU Promotion Policy can support agri-food products in both the internal market and third- country markets; calls on the European Commission to take into account the contribution that a reinforcement of this policy can provide to counter the trade related implications of COVID-19;
Amendment 98 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. At the same time, underlines that tackling the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic must not obscure other current problems and challenges facing European agriculture; close monitoring is needed for the implications of the EU-UK and EU-Mercosur trade agreements, with particular regard to the poultry, beef and milk markets in the Member States and in the fisheries sector, and also the EU- Ukraine agreement on free trade in dairy products.
Amendment 99 #
Draft opinion Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Highlights that the COVID-19 pandemics has demonstrated that systemic change is needed in order to address the environmental drivers of pandemics with emphasis on the urgent need to stop illegal, unregulated and high-risk wildlife trade and consumption;
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Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 20 a (new) — having regard to the Commission communication of 13 May 2020 on tourism and transport in 2020 and beyond (COM(2020)0550) and to the adoption of the Tourism and Transport Package,
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Recital G (new) G. whereas it is important that there is close cooperation between the WTO and other international bodies, notably the WHO, UN institutions and the World Bank, to tackle the crisis in a comprehensive manner, with special attention for the health and economic implications in developing countries;
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Stresses the importance of fair value chains that respect human rights, labour rights and environmental standards;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Stresses the importance of fair value chains
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Stresses the importance of fair
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Stresses the importance of fair value chains that respect human rights, labour rights and environmental standards; recalls that mandatory due diligence throughout the entire supply chain is a necessary instrument to achieve this; stresses that more attention should be paid to the vulnerable position of European micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs)
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Stresses the importance of fair value chains that respect human rights, labour rights and environmental standards; recalls that mandatory due diligence throughout the entire supply chain is a necessary instrument to achieve this; stresses that more attention should be paid to the vulnerable position of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), especially in developing countries, whereas large companies are more likely to overcome a sudden drop in demand; emphasises the importance of predictable long term orders and takes note of the respective successful ordering schemes in the Fair Trade sector;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Stresses the importance of
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8a. Calls for the EU to ensure trade works also for the economically disadvantaged; in this regard recalls that the specific actions to promote ‘fair and ethical trade schemes’ to which the Commission committed in the ‘Trade for All’ strategy have become even more relevant under the current circumstances given that Fair Trade bottom-up initiatives can ensure that trade benefits the economically disadvantaged actors in the supply chain; calls on the Commission to promote Fair Trade initiatives through EU programs involving young people and the private sector, in external action in general, in the implementation of chapters on trade and sustainable development, through EU delegations as well as by rewarding best practices and facilitating knowledge exchange amongst EU local, regional, national authorities, civil society, schools and universities, including through the extension of the ‘EU cities for fair and ethical trade award’ to schools and universities and the setting up of an annual Fair Trade week hosted in Brussels by the European Commission; demands the European Commission to report on the support of Fair Trade initiatives by the EU and the member states;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Notes that global value chains, often involve an uneven distribution of risks, particularly in the garment sector, and disproportionately adversely impacting women; deplores
Amendment 108 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Notes that global value chains often involve an uneven distribution of risks, particularly in the garment sector; deplores the fact that during the pandemic this uneven distribution has led to European businesses offloading the costs of lower demand onto producers in developing countries by cancelling orders that were already produced and in some cases even shipped; calls on the Commission to engage with local governments, the private sector and civil society to achieve a fairer distribution of risks across the supply chain; points out that promoting an international circular economy would help to mitigate those risks involved;
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Notes that global value chains often involve an uneven distribution of risks, particularly in the garment sector; deplores the fact that during the pandemic this uneven distribution has led to European businesses offloading the costs of lower demand onto producers in developing countries by cancelling orders that were already produced and in some cases even shipped; calls on the Commission to engage with local governments, the private sector and civil society to achieve a fairer distribution of risks across the supply chain within the EU and countries adhering to European values;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Recital H (new) H. whereas the Communication on the Trade Policy Review needs to be complemented with a clear timeline and benchmarks for the actions described in the document, and with continued dialogue and transparency with the European Parliament, which will play a key role in its implementation;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Notes that global value chains often involve a
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Notes that global value chains often involve an uneven distribution of risks
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Calls on the Commission to put forward without delay a legislative proposal for a new trade instrument that allows for import bans on products related to forced labour, so as to ensure that forced labour products do not find a place in the EU Single Market; stresses that the conditionality for the lifting of bans should be that companies take measures to improve the situation on the ground, prioritising the remediation of victims; calls on the Commission to present concrete proposals following its pledge of zero tolerance towards child labour before the end of 2021 which is the UN Year for the eradication of child labour, with a special focus on how trade policy can contribute to this goal;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 a (new) 9a. Stresses that the tourism value chain is one of the main European industrial ecosystems; emphasises, in this regard, that due to restrictions on travel and supply chains disruptions caused by the COVID-19 crisis, tourism related sectors such as HORECA, as well as other major industries (aeronautic, automotive, steel, shipbuilding and marine) are suffering trade and economical collapse;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 b (new) 9b. Calls on the Commission to advance in our relations with partners countries a global circular economy by proposing a Global Circular Economy Alliance, to reach a global agreement on plastics by building on the European Plastics Strategy, to initiate discussions on an international agreement on the management of natural resources, to launch a discussion at the WTO on the constraint posed by the prohibition of local content requirement on the scale-up of circular economy, to build a stronger partnership with Africa on circular economy, to ensure that Free Trade Agreements reflect the enhanced objectives of the circular economy,
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10.
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Stresses the importance of ensuring fair competition and a level playing field for European businesses in both the internal market and third-country markets; stresses, in this regard, the importance of trade defence instruments
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Stresses the importance of ensuring fair competition and a level playing field for European businesses in both the internal market and third-country markets; stresses, in this regard, the importance of trade defence instruments and calls on the Commission to
Amendment 118 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Stresses the importance of ensuring fair competition and a level playing field for European businesses in both the internal market and third-country markets;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Stresses the importance of ensuring fair competition and a level playing field for European businesses in both the internal market and third-country markets; stresses, in this regard, the importance of
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Recital I (new) I. whereas the pandemic has exposed the vulnerabilities of global value chains, has created major challenges for international production, especially in combination with rapid technological change and digitization acceleration, and has highlighted the need for enhanced resilience and diversification at a global, regional, and local level;
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Stresses the importance of ensuring fair competition and a level playing field for European businesses in both the internal market and third-country markets; stresses, in this regard, the importance of trade defence instruments and calls on the Commission to swiftly complete the EU’s trade defence toolbox through legislative proposals in 2021, giving priority to an instrument to tackle distortions caused by foreign subsidies and state-owned enterprises and to the conclusion of negotiations on the International
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Stresses the importance of ensuring fair competition and a level playing field for European businesses in both the internal market and third-country markets; stresses, in this regard, the importance of trade defence instruments and calls on the Commission to swiftly complete the EU’s trade defence toolbox through legislative proposals in 2021, giving priority to an instrument to tackle distortions caused by foreign subsidies and state-owned enterprises and to the conclusion of negotiations on the International Procurement Instrument12, where it is able to secure alternative investment funds; __________________ 12Amended proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 January 2016 on the access of third- country goods and services to the Union’s internal market in public procurement and
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Is convinced that
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Is convinced that openness should go hand in hand with safeguarding our strategic sectors and should be closely connected with an ambitious, forward- looking industrial policy in line with the Green Deal and digital strategy, which can increase the EU’s capabilities to withstand future shocks in strategic sectors and ensure the competitiveness of EU businesses, creating quality jobs and ensuring that Europe plays
Amendment 124 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Is convinced that openness should go hand in hand with safeguarding our strategic sectors and should be closely connected with an ambitious, forward- looking industrial policy in line with the Green Deal and digital strategy, boosting economic recovery, increasing competitiveness of our businesses, creating quality jobs and ensuring that Europe plays a crucial role in the production of innovative goods and future services;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Is convinced that openness should go hand in hand with safeguarding our strategic sectors and should be closely
Amendment 126 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Is convinced that openness should go hand in hand with safeguarding our strategic sectors and should be closely connected with an ambitious, forward- looking industrial policy in line with the
Amendment 127 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Is convinced that openness should go hand in hand with safeguarding our strategic sectors and should be closely connected with an ambitious, forward-
Amendment 128 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Is convinced that openness should go hand in hand with safeguarding our strategic sectors and should be closely connected with an ambitious, forward- looking industrial policy in line with the Green Deal and digital strategy, creating quality jobs and ensuring that Europe plays a crucial role in the production of innovative goods and future services; supply chain diversification and resilience should be a key priority for the revised EU Trade Policy; highlights the coupling of trade and security interests and calls for a proportional strengthening of FDI Screening, complementing Member State efforts to safeguard European strategic sectors, preventing the establishment of detrimental and exploitable economic dependencies with non-EU actors;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 11. Is convinced that openness should go hand in hand with safeguarding our strategic sectors and should be closely connected with an ambitious, forward- looking industrial policy in line with the Green Deal and digital strategy, creating quality jobs and ensuring that Europe plays a crucial role in the production of innovative goods and future services with the aim of enhancing the long-term competitiveness of EU businesses;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Recital J (new) J. whereas the COVID-19 outbreak has further increased inequalities and has added to the already growing concern among citizens about job loss in certain sectors, the changing nature of work and the pressure on workers’ wages and rights, and these problems must be addressed in order to retain public support for global trade;
Amendment 130 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 11 a (new) 11a. Underlines that the frequency of natural or man-made shocks to global value chains (GVCs) will likely increase in the future and that the existence of GVCs as such increases the likelihood that such shocks are transmitted to other regions, leading to the subsequent increase in macroeconomic volatility; emphasizes that the environmental costs of highly fragmented global GVCs and just-in-time production models are typically not factored into the prices of these products, and thus result in market failures whereby prices do not reflect the full social costs of production;
Amendment 131 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12.
Amendment 132 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Is convinced that the EU is too dependent on a limited number of suppliers for critical goods and services; insists that the EU should overcome these un
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Is convinced that the EU
Amendment 134 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Is convinced that the EU is too dependent on a limited number of suppliers for critical raw materials, goods, and services, and that this undermines its strategic autonomy and geopolitical objectives; insists that the EU should overcome these undesirable dependencies via a horizontal mix of policies t
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Is convinced that the EU is too dependent on a limited number of suppliers for critical goods and services; insists that the EU
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Is convinced that the EU is too dependent on a limited number of suppliers
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Is convinced that the EU is too dependent on a limited number of suppliers for critical goods and services; insists that the EU should overcome these
Amendment 138 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Is convinced that the EU is too dependent on a limited number of suppliers for critical goods and services; insists that the EU should overcome these undesirable dependencies via a mix of policies to incentivise companies to stockpile, diversify sourcing strategies and promote nearshoring in some cases, which could create new trading opportunities for partners in the Eastern and Southern Neighbourhoods; believes, however, that companies should ultimately decide themselves how to manage their global supply chains;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Is convinced that the EU is too dependent on a limited number of suppliers for critical goods and services, especially for medical and pharmaceutical goods; insists that the EU should overcome these undesirable dependencies via a mix of policies to incentivise companies to stockpile, diversify sourcing strategies and promote nearshoring
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Recital K (new) K. whereas the divisions within the WTO and the urgent need for its reform, complicated the coordinated response to keep global supply chains open, and the priority now must be to rebuild trust in multilateral institutions being able to deliver global answers, by rapidly moving forward on the discussions on the WTO Trade and Health Initiative;
Amendment 140 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Notes that
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Notes that the EU's food supply chains remained operational during the pandemic, while according to the United Nations World Food Program (WFP), COVID-19 brought up to 265 million people at risk of acute food shortages in 2020 in low and middle-income countries, a figure up 130 million compared with 2019; notes that the Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS), which brings together the principal trading countries of agricultural commodities with the aim of enhancing food market transparency and the policy response for food security,
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Notes that
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 13. Notes that food supply chains remained operational during the pandemic; notes that the Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS), which brings together the principal trading countries of agricultural commodities with the aim of enhancing food market transparency and the policy response for food security, can be regarded as an example of good practice; calls on the Commission to explore whether this model could be used in other value chains as well; points out, however, that certain European agri-food markets are in a highly vulnerable situation after a significant loss in sales, threatening their long-term sustainability; notes that the pandemic has had a significant impact on lines that are heavily dependent on the hospitality sector, such as veal, French fries and the hard-hit wine, spirit and liqueur sectors, given the drop in exports in terms of both volume and value; calls for further support to revive these exports and regain a market foothold; expresses concern at the complete lack of support for certain affected sectors, despite specific appeals by Parliament on a number of occasions, causing irreparable damage to certain trade flows and supply chains;
Amendment 144 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 13 a (new) 13a. Considers that as unsustainable farming is the primary driver of global biodiversity loss, trade policy should encourage the development of organic farming in partner countries under equivalent standards as EU produced goods, in line with the EU objectives for 2030, and that financial support should be prioritised for products from sustainable supply chains as products protected as Geographic Indications and organic food and aiming at the achievement of SDG targets; calls on the Commission to commission a detailed and independent study on the effects of EU exports and their production methods on biodiversity;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Commission to come up with a digital trade strategy
Amendment 146 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Commission to c
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Commission to come up with a digital trade strategy to increase the market access of European businesses and protect EU citizens’ rights under the GDPR13 ; underlines the acceleration of the digital revolution due to COVID-19 and stresses the importance of the EU taking the lead in setting standards for a sustainable, digital-driven global economy and keeping international data flows open; considers that the Commission should assess the implementation of blockchain, artificial intelligence and other quantic or advanced computational technologies into its trade and customs competences; considers that the proposal for a regulation on a framework for the issuance, verification and acceptance of interoperable certificates on vaccination, testing and recovery to facilitate free movement during the COVID-19 pandemic(Digital Green Certificate) [2021/0068 (COD)] should be temporary and, at the same time, a base to further digital-related European legislation; __________________ 13Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (General Data Protection Regulation) (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1).
Amendment 149 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Commission to come up with a digital trade strategy to increase the market access of European businesses and protect EU citizens’ rights under the GDPR13 ; underlines the acceleration of the digital revolution due to COVID-19 and stresses the importance of the EU taking the lead in setting standards for a sustainable, digital-driven global economy and keeping international data flows open; underlines that the EU can set a global standard for fair and resilient digital trade in its bilateral and multilateral engagements; calls upon the Commission to make meaningful progress on setting ambitious rules for e-commerce in the WTO; underlines that the digital chapter in the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement can serve as a model for future trade agreements; __________________ 13Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (General Data Protection Regulation) (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1).
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution Recital L (new) L. whereas COVID-19 has caused a global pandemic, giving rise to an unprecedented global health, economic, social, and humanitarian crisis, which created bottlenecks and disruptions of an unseen scale to international trade, causing it to plunge as the virus spread and slashing global production and employment, decreasing the level of Foreign Direct Investment, and increasing geopolitical tensions;
Amendment 150 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Commission to come up with a digital trade strategy to increase the market access of European businesses and protect EU citizens’ rights under the GDPR13 ; underlines the acceleration of the digital revolution due to COVID-19 and stresses the importance of the EU taking the lead in setting standards for a sustainable, digital-driven global economy and keeping international data flows open; encourages in this regard meaningful progress in the e-commerce negotiations ahead of the WTO ministerial conference at the end of the year; __________________ 13Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 14. Calls on the Commission to come up with a digital trade strategy to increase the market access of European businesses and protect EU citizens’ rights under the GDPR13 ; underlines the acceleration of the digital revolution due to COVID-19 and stresses the importance of the EU taking the lead in setting standards for a sustainable, digital-driven global economy and keeping international data flows open; calls on the Commission to establish the right to regulate in the public interest also in the context of algorithm transparency; __________________ 13Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (General Data Protection Regulation) (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1).
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 14 a (new) 14a. Stresses that the pandemic has disrupted consumption patterns, leading to an unprecedented increase in digital commerce and online shopping; is concerned about the many insufficiently regulated collateral effects of this trade revolution, in particular the precariousness and lack of social protection of delivery staff, the working conditions of online platform employees, the increase in counterfeiting and the failure to collect VAT; hopes that the resolution of these system failures will be fully integrated into the European Union’s trade policies;
Amendment 153 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls for incentives for EU businesses to shorten or adjust their supply chains where it is beneficial to
Amendment 154 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls for
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls for incentives for EU businesses to shorten or adjust their supply chains
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls for
Amendment 158 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 15. Calls for incentives for EU businesses to shorten or adjust their supply chains
Amendment 159 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Underlines that the loss in biodiversity increases the danger of spreading zoonoses and pandemics; stresses that although trade policy cannot replace environmental policy, it should not reinforce or incentivize production methods that are harmful to biodiversity in the EU and internationally; therefore, in the context of FTAs, calls for the linkage of the phasing in of tariff liberalisations with proven measures for the protection of biodiversity amongst which must be the implementation of the CBD and the CITES; underlines that in order to fulfil this expectation, capacity building measures and financial support for developing countries are vital elements;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution Recital M (new) M. whereas the Trade Policy Review needs to be complemented with a realistic strategy to increase EU resilience and strategic autonomy, including tailored policy measures and instruments in the area of domestic production, nearshoring, diversification of suppliers, and stockpiling;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Recalls that some regions have developed significantly in terms of their trade share and could bring their expertise to their peers, in terms of sharing good practices and lessons learned; considers that the Union's commitment to digital trade, like provisions on e-commerce in FTAs and IAs, require more attention than ever due to the increasing protectionist policies seen from some traditional trading partners;
Amendment 161 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Calls on the Commission to thoroughly review how and to what extent transfers of emerging and disruptive technologies are taking place from the EU to authoritarian states via trade and investment flows; calls on the Commission to propose new measures to limit such transfers, including supply- chain cooperation with like-minded partners; calls on a dialogue on semiconductors to be started with Taiwan;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15a. Calls on the Commission to publish an updated version of its 2009 communication on fair trade that would promote through trade policy the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals and be in line with the European Green Deal and the European Consensus on Development;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 b (new) Amendment 164 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Underlines that international trade governance has an important role to play in the rapid development of medical treatments and vaccines, the
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Underlines that an overhaul of international trade
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Underlines that international trade governance has an important role to play in the rapid development of medical treatments and vaccines, the rapid scaling up of production, the development of resilient global value chains and equitable market access for the whole world; stresses, in this context, that the COVID-19 pandemic must be used to provide impetus for
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Underlines that international trade governance has an
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Underlines that international trade governance has an important role to play in the rapid development of medical treatments and vaccines, the rapid scaling up of production, the development of resilient global value chains and equitable global market access
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Underlines that international trade governance has an important role to play in the rapid development of medical treatments and vaccines, the rapid scaling up of production, the development of resilient global value chains and equitable market access
Amendment 17 #
Motion for a resolution Recital N (new) N. whereas the EU’s large network of trade agreements makes it the biggest actor on the world trading scene and is a key driving force for the development of the European Union’s economy and for the achievement of its geopolitical objectives, including the implementation of EU standards, values, and sustainability frameworks in partner countries;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 16. Underlines that international trade governance has an important role to play in the rapid development of medical treatments and vaccines, the rapid scaling up of production, the development of resilient global value chains and equitable market access for the whole world; stresses, in this context, that the COVID-19 pandemic must be used to provide impetus for more concerted international cooperation and to boost global preparedness for health emergencies;
Amendment 171 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 a (new) 16a. Welcomes the proposal by several government leaders for an international treaty on the pandemic response and calls for this to include a strong trade pillar; underlines that the international trade framework must foster cooperation and put into place both structural and rapid response mechanisms to help governments overcome the challenges associated with health emergencies; maintains that progress needs to be made in the areas of transparency on available stocks, global supply networks, production capacities and product pricing of essential health products, the implementation and development of exemptions for public health security in the intellectual property rights framework, increasing the global mobility of essential services, protecting and fostering the resilience of SMEs, and developing an intersectional approach to tackle the negative impact of health crises on gender equality, income equality, and the position of minorities;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 16 b (new) 16b. Calls to establish a new Committee on Trade and Health on the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference in order to prepare guidelines on how governments can implement existing exemptions and flexibilities in international trade law to increase public health security, which mechanisms must be put in place to improve the global response to health emergencies and to lay the groundwork for a trade pillar for the negotiations on a future international treaty on the pandemic response;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Emphasises, in this connection, the detrimental effects of unilateral measures such as export restrictions and prohibitions and the lack of transparency on global stocks and the subsequent price speculation
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 17. Emphasises, in this connection, the detrimental effects of unilateral measures such as export restrictions and prohibitions and the lack of transparency on global stocks and the subsequent price speculation on scarce essential goods, not least for low and middle-income countries; calls, therefore, for the adoption of the WTO trade and health initiative by the end of 2021 and for
Amendment 175 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Stresses that global supply chains for raw materials, production and distribution of vaccines benefit from open trade relations; underlines that protectionism in the production and distribution of vaccines can hinder addressing the global pandemic; recognises that the EU is relatively one of the largest exporters of vaccines to third countries, but that on an absolute level, these exports are not yet sufficient to tackle the global pandemic;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17a. Calls for a review of the European Directive on Intellectual Property Rights to ensure that patents do not hinder access to vaccines for COVID-19, to demand the necessary transparency from the industry and a cost-benefit analysis per product that allows for a fair and reasonable patent term and the necessary flexibility in exceptional situations for public health reasons;
Amendment 177 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 b (new) 17b. Calls on the European Commission to make efficient use of its power of centralized public purchasing of vaccines to demand the necessary transparency and contract compliance from suppliers;
Amendment 178 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Is concerned about the recent rise in export restrictions on vaccines by the main manufacturing countries such as the US, the UK, China
Amendment 179 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Is concerned about the recent rise in export restrictions on vaccines by the main manufacturing countries such as the US, the UK, China and India and by the EU and emphasises that this endangers the rapid global scaling up of vaccine production capacity, disrupts production chains and could lead to retaliations; urges the Commission to engage with producing countries to swiftly eliminate export barriers and to replace the export authorisation mechanism with an export and import notification requirement; insists on having timely and comprehensive access to such data;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution Recital O (new) O. whereas the COVID-19 outbreak risks creating a set-back in the worldwide fight against climate change, yet, we need global action and cooperation to develop policies and streamline climate action in internal and external policy, as the vaccine alone will not be sufficient to address the social, environmental and economic crisis COVID-19 has caused;
Amendment 180 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Is concerned about the recent rise in variants of COVID-19, as well as export restrictions on vaccines by the main manufacturing countries such as the US, the UK, China and India and by the EU and emphasises that this endangers the rapid global scaling up of vaccine production capacity; urges the Commission to engage with producing countries to swiftly eliminate export barriers and to replace the export authorisation mechanism with an export and import notification requirement; insists on having timely and comprehensive access to such data;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Is concerned about the recent rise in export restrictions on vaccines by the main manufacturing countries such as the US, the UK, China and India and by the EU, contrary to Russia, and emphasises that this endangers the rapid global scaling up of vaccine production capacity; urges the Commission to engage with producing countries to swiftly eliminate export barriers and to replace the export authorisation mechanism with an export and import notification requirement; insists on having timely and comprehensive access to such data;
Amendment 182 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Is concerned about the recent rise in export restrictions on vaccines by the main manufacturing countries such as the US, the UK, China and India and
Amendment 183 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 18. Is therefore concerned about the
Amendment 184 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Emphasises the key role played by public sector resources allowing pharmaceutical companies to de-risk the whole vaccine value-chain by means of funding and large subsidies for R&D, as well as by large scale advanced purchase agreements; underlines also the fundamental contribution of health care workers, patients, COVID-19 survivors and the general public that has participated to clinical trials and other R&D activities on different therapeutics and vaccines; is therefore of the opinion that innovations underpinning these vaccines should not be privatized by means of exclusive IP rights or be subject to technology transfers barriers; strongly regrets in that respect that that so far, none of the pharmaceutical companies producing such vaccines have shared their technology, know-how and research results with the C-TAP (COVID-19 Technology Access Pool) multilateral initiative, pointing out thereby to the insufficiency of voluntary and industry- controlled approaches;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 18 a (new) 18a. Is deeply concerned about the rising amounts of variants of COVID-19; emphasises that the lack of production and distribution of vaccines in third countries could lead to the increase of different new types of variants; stresses that the COVAX facility is at this time not sufficient in distributing vaccines to the most vulnerable; underlines that timely global access to vaccines can benefit the recovery and resilience of the global economy, as well as the EU economy;
Amendment 186 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Underlines that
Amendment 187 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Underlines that
Amendment 188 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Underlines that the vaccines against C
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Underlines that the vaccines against COVID-19 and its variants are a global public good and that multilateral efforts should be focused on the equitable distribution of vaccines across the world, ramping up global production capacities and technology transfers, including in low and middle-
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution Recital P (new) P. whereas the pandemic has demonstrated strategic vulnerabilities in the EU and global supply chains, including for critical raw materials, essential medical goods such as personal protective equipment and active pharmaceutical ingredients;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Underlines that
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Underlines that the vaccines against COVID-19 and its variants are a global public good which must be accessible to all, and that multilateral efforts should be focused on ramping up global production capacities and technology transfers, including in low and middle-
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Underlines that the vaccines against COVID-19 and its variants
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 19. Underlines that the vaccines against COVID-19 and its variants are a global public good and that multilateral efforts
Amendment 194 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Is of the opinion that the EU can and should unilaterally contribute to such endeavour by making sure that future advanced purchase agreements, in particular for next generation vaccines are fully disclosed and integrate binding provisions as regards non-exclusive global licensing, patent pools, know-how, trade secrets, proprietary data and technology transfers; furthermore, points out that as it is likely that new variants of COVID viruses and other zoonosis may become a regular feature over the next years, it is urgent and crucial to structurally rethink the whole business model and public-private partnerships frameworks behind the development production of global public goods such as vaccines and other essential health technologies;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Welcomes the initiative of India, South Africa, and supported by nearly 100 countries, seeking a temporary waiver from the WTO Agreement on Trade- Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights for the manufacture of COVID-19 vaccines;
Amendment 196 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 19 a (new) 19a. Welcomes the European Citizens' Initiative "Right to Cure";
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Emphasises that international trade policy must play a proactive role in this endeavour by facilitating trade in raw materials, alleviating shortages of qualified and experienced personnel
Amendment 198 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Emphasises that international trade policy must play a proactive role in this endeavour by facilitating trade in raw materials, alleviating shortages of qualified and experienced personnel, solving supply chain problems and revisiting the global framework for intellectual property rights for future pandemics; insists, in this regard, on a constructive dialogue about a temporary waiver of the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) in order to ensure that countries do not face retaliation over COVID-19 related patent infringements during the pandemic; calls on the Commission to re-evaluate the TRIPS+ commitments in EU trade agreements in light of lessons learned, and to improve the work on increasing the effectiveness of IPR flexibilities such as, but not limited to, compulsory licensing in the context of bilateral negotiations and dialogue;
Amendment 199 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Emphasises that international trade policy must play a proactive role in this endeavour by facilitating trade in raw materials, alleviating shortages of qualified and experienced personnel, solving supply chain problems and revisiting the global framework for intellectual property rights for future pandemics;
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 21 a (new) — having regard to its resolution of 25 March 2021 on establishing an EU strategy for sustainable tourism (2020/2038(INI)),
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution Recital Q (new) Q. whereas the Communication on the Trade Policy Review needs to be complemented with continued dialogue and transparency with the European Parliament, which will play a key role in its implementation;
Amendment 200 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Emphasises that international trade policy must play a proactive role in this endeavour by facilitating trade in raw materials,
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Emphasises that international trade policy must play a proactive role in this endeavour by facilitating trade in raw materials, alleviating shortages of qualified and experienced personnel, solving supply chain problems and revisiting the global framework for intellectual property rights for future pandemics; insists, in this regard, on a pro-active and constructive dialogue about a temporary waiver of the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) in order to ensure that countries do not face retaliation over COVID-19 related patent infringements during the pandemic; underlines the efforts made by the Director-General of the WTO in bringing members forward in the discussion on trade and health initiatives;
Amendment 202 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Emphasises that international trade policy must play a proactive role in this endeavour by facilitating trade in raw materials, alleviating shortages of qualified and experienced personnel, solving supply chain problems
Amendment 203 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Emphasises that international trade policy must play a proactive role in this endeavour by facilitating trade in raw materials, health and medical essential products alleviating shortages of qualified and experienced personnel, solving supply chain problems and revisiting the global framework for intellectual property rights for future pandemics; insists, in this regard, on a constructive dialogue about a temporary waiver of the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)
Amendment 204 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 20. Emphasises that international trade policy must play a proactive role in this endeavour by facilitating trade in raw materials, alleviating shortages of qualified and experienced personnel, solving supply chain problems
Amendment 205 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Considers that the ongoing proposal for a regulation on a reinforced role for the European Medicines Agency in crisis preparedness and management for medicinal products and medical devices [2020/0321 (COD)] is a relevant step towards fulfilling sufficient resilience in European health-related supply chains, especially in order to keep the key supply chains for essential goods for a health crisis (i.e. medical supplies, food products, ICT goods and services) open and functioning;
Amendment 206 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Underlines that researchers and industry have put major efforts into the development of new COVID diagnosis, treatments and vaccines; in this regard, opines that The Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement) allows for the necessary flexibilities in relation to IP and does not represent a genuine barrier as regards access to COVID-related technologies;
Amendment 207 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 20 a (new) 20a. Notes with concern that geopolitical competition and tensions have accelerated following the COVID-19 outbreak; stresses that the European Union still has to position itself in this new geopolitical environment and believes that the global pandemic has confirmed the need for a stronger and more effective international trade and development policy;
Amendment 208 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Invites the Commission to
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Invites the Commission to set out concrete and specific actions and a roadmap to implement the concept of open strategic autonomy; recalls the geopolitical significance of a strong, diversified and resilient EU trade policy; stresses that the EU’s market strength, values and adherence to cooperation, fairness and rule-based trade should be the basis of such openness; strongly recommends that the EU seeks out
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution Recital R (new) R. whereas Trade policy must play its full roll in the recovery from theCOVID19 pandemic and towards more dynamic, innovative and competitive Europe in the world;
Amendment 210 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Invites the Commission to set out concrete and specific actions and a roadmap to implement the concept of open strategic autonomy and to ensure that all soft and hard options are on the table, even calibrated threats; stresses that the EU’s market strength, values and adherence to cooperation, fairness, reciprocity, and rule-based trade should be the basis of such openness; strongly recommends that the EU seeks out partnerships with like-minded partners; stresses, however, that where cooperation is not possible, the EU should pursue its interests through autonomous measures to protect its values and fight unfair trading practices;
Amendment 211 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Invites the Commission to
Amendment 212 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Invites the Commission to set out concrete and specific actions and a roadmap to implement the concept of open strategic autonomy; stresses that the EU’s market strength, values and adherence to cooperation, fairness and rule-based trade should be the basis of such openness; strongly recommends that the EU seeks out partnerships with like-minded partners; stresses, however, that where cooperation is not possible, the EU should pursue its interests through autonomous measures to protect its values and fight unfair trading practices in accordance with international law;
Amendment 213 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 21. Invites the Commission to set out concrete and specific actions and a roadmap to implement the concept of open strategic autonomy; stresses that the EU’s
Amendment 214 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Calls on economic sanctions on European governmental and commercial organisations implicated in human rights violations and abuses perpetrated in third countries with strong commercial ties with the Union, in order to prevent and discourage complicity with human rights' violations that may constitute crimes against humanity under international law;
Amendment 215 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 a (new) 21a. Urges the Commission to proceed with putting in place the Multilateral Investment Court, building on the EU’s approach to its bilateral FTAs, to fully exercise its prerogative at EU level concerning investments agreements, and to support Member States in implementing effective foreign direct investment screening mechanism;
Amendment 216 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 b (new) 21b. Applauds the Commission's commitment to facilitate and improve trade with an extended One Stop Shop (OSS) in order to allow the suppliers of intra-EU distance sales of goods to account for VAT due in other Member States, without being obliged to register for VAT in these countries; considers that including intra-EU distance sales of excise products in the VAT OSS as from 2021 for the declaration and payment of VAT is a positive measure and asks the Commission whether there may be more of these;
Amendment 217 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 b (new) 21b. Urges the Commission to pursue an effective “vaccine & medical supplies diplomacy” for countries with limited access to them and to work effectively towards increasing the EU’s global standing and diplomatic visibility in this area as the acknowledgement of the EU’s leading role will strengthen its international credibility;
Amendment 218 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 21 c (new) 21c. Believes that tackling international issues arising from, but not limited to, the COVID-19 pandemic, should be handled at the multilateral lever and require further engagement by the European Union and its Member States, acting together as ‘Team Europe’;
Amendment 219 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Welcomes the TPR’s affirmation of multilateralism and extensive proposals for the necessary in-depth reform of the WTO;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution Recital S (new) S. whereas international trade in goods and services is to increase by 8.4%in 2022 according to estimations by International Monetary Fund1a ; __________________ 1a World Economic Outlook, April 2021: Managing Divergent Recoveries(imf.org)
Amendment 220 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Welcomes the TPR’s affirmation of multilateralism and extensive proposals for the necessary in-depth reform of the WTO across all its functions; shares the Commission’s emphasis on economic recovery, digital trade, unfair state subsidies, and sustainable development in its vision for WTO reform and urges the Commission to bring to bear all efforts to implement
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Welcomes the T
Amendment 222 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Welcomes the T
Amendment 223 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22.
Amendment 224 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Welcomes the TPR’s affirmation of multilateralism and extensive proposals for the necessary in-depth reform of the WTO; shares the Commission’s emphasis on sustainable development in its vision for WTO reform and urges the Commission to bring to bear all efforts to implement a sustainable development agenda among others by concluding the fisheries subsidies negotiations; stresses the importance of taking forward the WTO initiative on trade and climate
Amendment 225 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Welcomes the TPR’s affirmation of multilateralism and extensive proposals for the necessary in-depth reform of the WTO; shares the Commission’s emphasis on sustainable development in its vision for WTO reform and urges the Commission to bring to bear all efforts to implement a sustainable development agenda; stresses the importance of taking forward the WTO initiative on trade
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Welcomes the TPR’s affirmation of multilateralism and extensive proposals for
Amendment 227 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 22 22. Welcomes the TPR’s affirmation of multilateralism and extensive proposals for the necessary in-depth reform of the WTO; shares the Commission’s emphasis on sustainable development in its vision for WTO reform and urges the Commission to bring to bear all efforts to implement a sustainable development agenda; stresses the importance of taking forward the WTO initiative on trade and climate, and on health; reiterates its support for an Environmental Goods Agreement; calls on all governments in MC12 to deliver on rules to prohibit subsidies that threaten the sustainability of fishing;
Amendment 228 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Emphasises that reviving the WTO negotiating function will play a key role in any substantial reform of the organisation;
Amendment 229 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Emphasises that reviving the WTO negotiating function will play a key role in any substantial reform of the organisation;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution Recital T (new) T. whereas the COVID-19 crisis has shown that the services sector is the backbone of the global economy and the most dynamic component of international trade; stresses to this sense that tourism plays a crucial role for the economic growth of the different Member States and, in particular, represents a significant added value for the economic, social and cultural development of the Outermost Regions;
Amendment 230 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Emphasises that reviving the WTO negotiating function will play a key role in any substantial reform of the organisation; highlights, in particular, the need to address competitive distortions caused by industrial subsidies and state-owned enterprises; supports the proposal of the Commission to initiate negotiations on a plurilateral agreement on competitive neutrality with like-minded partners; calls for the Commission to actively pursue a solution to the mismatch between the level of development and the number of commitments undertaken within the international trading system; is convinced that EU leadership is crucial for any meaningful WTO reform to succeed;
Amendment 231 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Emphasises that reviving the WTO negotiating function will play a key role in any substantial reform of the organisation; highlights, in particular, the need to address competitive distortions caused by industrial subsidies and state-owned enterprises, particularly from China; calls for the Commission to actively pursue a solution to the mismatch between the level of development and the number of commitments undertaken within the international trading system; is convinced that EU leadership
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Emphasises that reviving the WTO negotiating function will play a key role in any substantial reform of the organisation; highlights, in particular, the need to address competitive distortions caused by industrial subsidies and state-owned enterprises; calls for the Commission to actively pursue a solution to the mismatch between the level of development and the number of commitments undertaken within the international trading system; is convinced that EU leadership is crucial for any meaningful WTO reform to succeed; considers essential that the next WTO ministerial conference address the debate on intellectual property rights, the role of international trade in protecting the world from health threats, and also address the sanctions regime to prevent that the consequences of breaching international trade rules by some members, are paid by sectors not responsible for non- compliance;
Amendment 233 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 23. Emphasises that reviving the WTO negotiating function will play a key role in any substantial reform of the organisation; highlights, in particular, the need to address competitive distortions caused by industrial subsidies and state-owned enterprises; calls for the Commission to actively pursue a solution to the mismatch between the level of development and the number of commitments undertaken within the international trading system; is convinced that EU leadership is crucial for any meaningful WTO reform to succeed; calls on the Commission to continue engaging in plurilateral negotiations as a step towards multilateral agreements;
Amendment 234 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 23 a (new) 23a. Underlines that in order to revive the WTO negotiating function, the EU must work together with likeminded partners to find common ground for WTO reform in the broadest sense; stresses that special attention has to be paid to developing countries and their specific needs in relation to economic growth, sustainable development and WTO reform; reaffirms that meaningful progress in WTO reform needs a broad consensus and coalitions of likeminded partners;
Amendment 235 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Shares the suggestion made in the TPR that the G20 should cooperate and take a leading role in achieving carbon neutrality worldwide;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Shares the suggestion made in the TPR that the G20 should cooperate and
Amendment 237 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Shares the suggestion made in the TPR that the G20 should
Amendment 238 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Shares the suggestion made in the
Amendment 239 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 24 24. Shares the suggestion made in the TPR that the G20 should cooperate and take a leading role in achieving carbon neutrality worldwide; stresses, however, that in order for this approach to be effective, some members will need to raise their emission reduction commitments; calls on the Commission to deliver an efficient carbon border adjustment mechanism;
Amendment 24 #
Motion for a resolution Recital U (new) U. whereas EU trade policy can encourage the overall political reorientation of each country in such a way as to uphold both international law and European interests;
Amendment 240 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Supports the new, forward-looking
Amendment 241 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Supports the new, forward-looking transatlantic agenda based on common interests and shared values; supports the suspension of the Airbus-Boeing tariffs and urges for this matter to be resolved permanently; urges the Commission and the US administration to cooperate closely
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Supports the new, forward-looking transatlantic agenda based on common interests and shared values; recognizes at the same time that some diverging interests remain; urges the Commission and the US administration to cooperate closely in order to secure a level playing field and to agree on ambitious social and environmental standards and build on each other’s experience to enforce these more efficiently;
Amendment 243 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Supports the new, forward-looking transatlantic agenda based on common interests
Amendment 244 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Supports the new, forward-looking transatlantic agenda based on common interests and shared values
Amendment 245 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Supports
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Supports the new, forward-looking transatlantic agenda based on common interests and shared values; urges the Commission and the US administration to cooperate closely in order to secure a level playing field and to agree on ambitious social and environmental standards and build on each other’s experience to enforce these more efficiently; considers the withdrawal of US extraterritorial sanctions against the European Union as a prerequisite for any trade cooperation; calls for joint efforts to overcome the pandemic, speed up the economic recovery and facilitate trade in essential medical goods; reiterates that we should work together to achieve meaningful WTO reform and find common solutions to common problems;
Amendment 247 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Supports the new, forward-looking
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Supports the new, forward-looking transatlantic agenda based on common interests and shared values; urges the Commission and the US administration to cooperate closely in order to secure a level playing field and to agree on ambitious social and environmental standards and build on each other’s experience to enforce these more efficiently; calls for joint efforts to overcome the pandemic, speed up the economic recovery and facilitate trade in essential medical goods; reiterates that we should work together to achieve meaningful WTO reform and find common solutions to common problems; stresses the importance of achieving a Geneva Consensus and the need for international organisations to work jointly on mastering the global challenges;
Amendment 249 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 25 25. Supports the new, forward-looking transatlantic agenda based on common interests and shared values; urges the Commission and the US administration to cooperate closely in order to secure a level playing field and to agree on ambitious social and environmental standards and build on each other’s experience to enforce these more efficiently; calls for joint efforts to overcome the pandemic, speed up the economic recovery and facilitate trade in essential medical goods; reiterates that we should work together to achieve meaningful WTO reform and find common solutions to common problems; calls on close EU-US cooperation on emerging and disruptive technologies, including joint export and import restrictions vis-à- vis authoritarian states;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Supports an ambitious and comprehensive Welcomes the mainstreaming of the
Amendment 250 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Is aware of the importance of the
Amendment 251 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Is aware of the importance of the EU’s multifaceted trade relationship with China which has become in 2020 the most important trading partner of the EU in trade of goods; firmly believes that EU- China trade relations require a more balanced and reciprocal approach
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Is aware of the importance of the EU’s multifaceted trade relationship with China; firmly believes that EU-China trade relations require a more balanced and reciprocal approach; stresses that the ratification process of the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment can only begin once the EU has the requisite autonomous measures in place, including a ban on products made using forced labour, an upgraded trade defence toolbox and a working sanctions mechanism on human rights; Underlines that China has put sanctions on Members of the European Parliament and some of its entities, making the ratification process of the CAI unthinkable at the moment; demands that the Commission move forward with the Investment Agreement with Taiwan
Amendment 253 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Is aware of the importance of the EU’s multifaceted trade relationship with China; firmly believes that EU-China trade relations require a more balanced and reciprocal approach; stresses that the ratification process of the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment
Amendment 254 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Is aware of the importance of the EU’s multifaceted trade relationship with China; firmly believes
Amendment 255 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Is aware of the importance of the EU’s multifaceted trade relationship with China; firmly believes that EU-China trade relations require a more balanced and reciprocal approach; stresses that the ratification process of the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment cannot commence until the Chinese sanctions against our fellow MEPs have first been fully lifted, and that it can only begin once the EU has the requisite autonomous measures in place,
Amendment 256 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Is aware of the importance of the EU’s multifaceted trade relationship with China; firmly believes that EU-China trade relations require a more balanced and reciprocal approach; stresses that the ratification process of the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment can only begin once the EU has the requisite autonomous measures in place, including a ban on products made using forced labour, an upgraded trade defence toolbox and a working sanctions mechanism on human rights; demands that the Commission move forward with the Investment Agreement with Taiwan and start the impact assessment, public consultation and scoping exercise with Taiwan before the end of 2021;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 26. Is aware of the importance of the EU’s
Amendment 258 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 a (new) 26a. Underlines the vital added value of engaging in consolidated economic and commercial relations with the wider Asia- Pacific region, manifesting the concept of Open Strategic Autonomy through a diversification of EU supply chains; stresses the strategic need of contributing to regional and global trade and investment standard-setting, recalling that the normative playing field is an area where the EU needs to exercise its influence, in line with its geo-economic ambitions;
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 a (new) 26a. Calls the Commission to take measures on those companies which are currently benefitting from the forced labour camps in Xinjiang and Tibet, China, where thousands of Uyghur and Tibetan citizens are forced to work on the production of goods that later on are part of the supply chains of certain European and global companies;
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the mainstreaming of the European Green Deal into the communication on the Trade Policy Review (TPR), which emphasises prominently the need for a trade policy promoting greater sustainability in line with the Union's commitment of fully implementing the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and calls for a concrete action plan to make this ambition a reality by 2030;
Amendment 260 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 a (new) 26a. Calls on the EU Member States and candidate countries to consider leaving the 17+1 format which can be counterproductive to speaking with one voice and undermining the unity of the European Union and encourages instead to pursue a common and unified EU policy towards China;
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 a (new) 26a. Considers that great scope exists for stepping up Euro-Indian relations at every level, particularly trade;
Amendment 262 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 b (new) 26b. Urges the Commission to move forward with the Investment Agreement with Taiwan, taking the necessary steps for a scoping exercise, impact assessment and launching a public consultation; reiterates the importance of the bilateral structural dialogue, including on matters related to multilateralism and WTO, technology and public health, as well as essential cooperation on critical supplies such as semiconductors;
Amendment 263 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 26 b (new) 26b. Calls on the Commission to establish a streamlined mechanism on the Union side that gives civil society the opportunity to lodge a complaint when third countries do not comply with the sustainability commitments in bilateral trade agreements; calls on the Commission to draft an action plan in the field of International Corporate Social Responsibility (ICSR);
Amendment 264 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Welcomes the T
Amendment 265 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Welcomes the TPR’s engagement towards Africa and the Eastern and Southern Neighbourhoods and looks forward to concrete steps to deepen the EU’s relations with these partners; stresses the importance of engaging in an effective, sustained and constructive fashion the Eastern Partnership countries, consolidating existing DCFTAs and providing mutually beneficial economic cooperation with these actors of key geopolitical relevance for the EU’s strategic agenda; reiterates the importance of a strategic and sustainable partnership with Southeast Asia, India and Latin America;
Amendment 266 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Welcomes the TPR’s engagement towards Africa and the Eastern and Southern Neighbourhoods and looks forward to concrete steps to deepen the EU’s relations with these partners; notes however, that due to the recent war between Armenia and Azerbaijan and massive human rights violations in Belarus, the Commission should review its Eastern Partnership strategy until the situation in Belarus and between Armenia and Azerbaijan changes; reiterates the importance of a strategic and sustainable partnership with Southeast Asia, India and Latin America;
Amendment 267 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Welcomes the TPR’s engagement towards Africa and the Eastern and Southern Neighbourhoods and looks forward to concrete steps to deepen the EU’s relations with these partners; emphasizes that far more focus shall be placed on the Asia Pacific region - the most important part of the world in terms of economic growths for the foreseeable future and calls for comprehensive and ambitious Indo-Pacific strategy; reiterates the importance of a strategic and sustainable partnership with
Amendment 268 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 27. Welcomes the TPR’s engagement towards Africa and the Eastern and Southern Neighbourhoods and
Amendment 269 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 a (new) 27a. Underlines the importance of the EU-Africa relationship and fostering close political and economic cooperation between the continents; stresses the importance of having a robust partnership with the African continent based on reciprocity, equality and shared interests; underlines that various trade policy instruments can complement the Commission’s efforts in this regard; calls on the Commission to foster an inclusive trade policy approach with Africa and to contribute to sustainable development, economic growth and resilience, taking into account the wide variety in levels of economic development on the continent;
Amendment 27 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 270 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 a (new) 27a. Calls on the EU to learn from its experience of the COVID-19 pandemic to better understand what it means to be a geopolitical actor in an increasingly tense global environment and stresses the importance of using strategic foresight in order to increase preparedness and resilience for the world emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic and for any future shocks and health crises, including the emergence of new disease mutations and future pandemics, aiming to develop future-proof strategies and responses;
Amendment 271 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 a (new) 27a. Points out that the COVID crisis has underlined the significance of a new partnership with the African continent; in this context underlines that the question on debt reductions and debt cancellations needs to be answered; underlines the necessity of extending debt-related initiatives to private creditors; highlights the need to create the policy space in African countries for the successful implementation of health related policy measures;
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 a (new) 27a. Recalls that, in order to strengthen confidence in trade and global markets, a shared transparent information base is necessary in order to underpin sound policy responses and the international co- operation to keep trade flowing; considers that in the post-COVID world, it will be critical that trading partners honour their commitments to notify trade-related measures taken in response to the pandemic to the WTO;
Amendment 273 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 b (new) 27b. Underlines the commitment to our partnership with Latin America and the Caribbean and our trade relations with the region; expresses its concern about the impact COVID-19 has on the continent for its sustainable development and its economic resilience; reiterates that the pandemic affected women in Latin America and the Caribbean severely; calls on the Commission to maintain a structural dialogue with our partners in Latin America and the Caribbean; calls on the Commission to include the Overseas Countries and Territories and to take into account their specific trade needs and relationships with the EU;
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 b (new) 27b. Stresses that the EU needs to actively support the diversification of inner-African value chains;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 c (new) 27c. Underlines that Asia is developing economically and has an important role in the global economy at the moment, especially for goods imports to Europe; stresses the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is both an opportunity for expanding European trade, as well as a potential threat to the EU’s trade efforts in the region; calls on the Commission to remain engaged with the region and proactively promote rules- based trade relations;
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 27 d (new) 27d. Welcomes the upcoming review of the Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) and the Commission’s intention as one of the key objectives to increase trading opportunities for developing countries; underlines that the GSP is a policy tool that has the potential to help developing countries foster sustainable and resilient economic growth; underlines the importance of adhering our partners in GSP+ to international values and possibly update and extend the list of conventions in the upcoming review of the regulation; calls on the Commission to engage with gender equality efforts in relation to GSP, GSP+ and Anything But Arms (EBA);
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the
Amendment 29 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Citation 22 a (new) — having regards to the INTA opinion on the report 'EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030: Bringing nature back into our lives' adopted on 15 April 2021,
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the mainstreaming of the European Green Deal and the European Digital Strategy into the communication on the Trade Policy Review (TPR) and calls for a concrete action plan to make this ambition a reality;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the mainstreaming of the European Green Deal into the communication on the Trade Policy Review (TPR) and calls for a concrete action plan, roadmap and timeline to make this ambition a reality;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Welcomes the mainstreaming of the European Green Deal into the communication on the Trade Policy Review (TPR) and calls for a concrete action plan to make this ambition a reality, taking into account the European Union's geographical position and its commitment and courage embracing the digital and green transitions, setting new standards in terms of the sustainable development chapters of the free trade agreements signed with new trading partners;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the incorporation of the Paris Agreement as an essential element in
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the incorporation of the Paris Agreement as an essential element in all trade, investment and partnership agreements;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes th
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes th
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2.
Amendment 38 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the incorporation of the Paris Agreement as an essential element in all trade, investment and partnership agreements; calls on the Commission to strengthen and guarantee its binding nature by including appropriate mechanisms in all economic agreements in force, whether signed or under negotiation; stresses that ratification of the International Labour Organization (ILO) core conventions and respect for human rights are requirements for concluding FTAs; asks for ambitious chapters on gender and on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to be included in all trade agreements;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the incorporation of the Paris Agreement as an essential element in all trade, investment and partnership agreements; stresses that ratification of the International Labour Organization (ILO) core conventions and respect for human rights are requirements for concluding FTAs; asks for ambitious chapters on gender and on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), as well as dedicated chapters on digital trade to be included in all trade agreements;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A (new) A. whereas the Covid-19 outbreak has further increased the existing inequalities which added to the already growing concern among citizens about job loss in certain sectors, the changing nature of work and the pressure on workers’ wages and rights, and these problems must be addressed in order to retain public support for global trade;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the incorporation of the Paris Agreement as an essential element in all trade, investment and partnership agreements; stresses that ratification of the International Labour Organization (ILO)
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the incorporation of the Paris Agreement as an essential element in all trade, investment and partnership agreements; stresses that ratification of the International Labour Organization (ILO) core conventions and respect for human rights are requirements for concluding FTAs; asks for ambitious chapters on gender, women empowerment and on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to be included in all trade agreements;
Amendment 42 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the incorporation of the Paris Agreement as an essential element in all trade, investment and partnership agreements; stresses that ratification of the International Labour Organization (ILO) core conventions and respect for human rights are
Amendment 43 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 2. Welcomes the incorporation of the Paris Agreement as an essential element in all trade, investment and partnership agreements; stresses that ratification of the International Labour Organization (ILO) core conventions and respect for human rights are requirements for concluding FTAs; asks for ambitious chapters on
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) 2a. Underlines the importance of including gender equality efforts and gender mainstreaming in trade policy as an important component to foster inclusive and sustainable growth; welcomes the promotion of gender equality through the Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025 and the Gender Action Plan III to promote gender equality; stresses that trade has the potential to promote gender equality, contribute to economic and social empowerment of women worldwide and to more equal, as well as resilient economies globally; highlights that women are disproportionally affected by theCOVID- 19 crisis; welcomes the Commission’s aim to work on data collection and analytical analysis to better understand the impact of trade policy on women; calls on the Commission to engage with the European Parliament in its work on gender mainstreaming of trade policy; calls on the Commission to include specific gender chapters in EU trade and investment agreements;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 a (new) Amendment 46 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Underlines that the post-COVID-19 recovery is a unique opportunity to
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Underlines that the post-COVID-19 recovery is a
Amendment 48 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Underlines that the post-COVID-19 recovery is a unique opportunity to
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Underlines that the post-COVID
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Recital B (new) B. whereas the Covid-19 outbreak risks creating a set-back in the worldwide fight against climate change, yet, now more than ever, we need global action and cooperation to develop policies and streamline climate action in internal and external policy, as the vaccine alone will not be sufficient to address the social, environmental and economic crisis Covid- 19 has caused;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Underlines that the post-COVID-19 recovery is a unique opportunity to set the agenda for sustainable growth; calls on the Commission, therefore, to
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Underlines that the post-COVID-19 recovery is a unique opportunity to set the agenda for sustainable growth; calls on the Commission, therefore, to present its review of the 15-point action plan on TSD chapters without delay; expects the review to address the enforceability of TSD commitments as a matter of urgency, as it is not currently included; recalls, in this regard, the non-paper from the Netherlands and France on trade, social economic effects and sustainable development11 ; suggests that, as a minimum, recent advances in enforceability should be applied to EU trade policy,
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Underlines that the post-COVID-19 recovery is a unique opportunity to set the agenda for sustainable growth, and to move from conventional free trade agreements to SDG cooperation agreements with a significant trade component; calls on the Commission, therefore, to present its review of the 15- point action plan on TSD chapters without delay; expects the review to address the enforceability of TSD commitments as a matter of urgency, as it is not currently included; recalls, in this regard, the non- paper from the Netherlands and France on trade, social economic effects and sustainable development11 ; suggests that, as a minimum, recent advances in enforceability should be applied to EU trade policy, namely the ability to tackle any non-compliance by partners through unilateral sanctions, including the introduction of tariffs or quotas on certain products or the cross-
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Underlines that the post-COVID-19 recovery is a unique opportunity to set the agenda for sustainable growth; calls on the Commission, therefore, to present its review of the 15-point action plan on TSD chapters without delay; expects the review to address the enforceability of TSD commitments as a matter of urgency, as it is not currently included; recalls, in this regard, the non-paper from the Netherlands and France on trade, social economic effects and sustainable development11 ; suggests that, as a minimum, recent advances in enforceability should be applied to EU trade policy, namely the ability to tackle any non-compliance by partners through unilateral sanctions, including the introduction of tariffs or quotas on certain products or the cross- suspension of other parts of an agreement; emphasizes the role of the Chief Trade Enforcement Officer in this regard, calling for close cooperation with the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee in the monitoring and scrutiny of TSD enforcement; __________________ 11Non-paper from the Netherlands and France on trade, social economic effects and sustainable development, accessed at
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the Council and the Commission to review as a matter of urgency the EU negotiating directives as regards all ongoing trade negotiations so as to provide for sanctionable sustainability provisions and in the meantime to consider that the Green European Deal as well as the conclusions of the European Council of December 2020 according to which 'trade policy and trade agreements have to be made consistent with the EU climate ambition, notably those of the European Green Deal' provide a broad mandate for integrating in ongoing bilateral negotiations enforceable and enhanced sustainability provisions; underlines in particular the importance to support and build on the proposals made on the subject matter by New Zealand in the context of recent bilateral talks as this would represent an important benchmark and precedent for future negotiations;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 a (new) 3a. Calls on the Commission to move away from a “brown/green” product distinction, which dictated “good” and “bad” goods and services, and instead promote life cycle analysis and impact assessments to achieve fair and accurate sustainable trade;
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 b (new) 3b. Emphasises that the agreement with the Mercosur cannot be approved given its inconsistency with the European Green Deal and in particular its far reaching impact on climate change, deforestation and biodiversity; urges the Council and the Commission to seek the inclusion of enforceable and legally binding provisions that would address and correct the transversal deficiencies of the agreement as regards overall sustainability; rejects the possible split of the Association Agreement and the Free Trade Agreement as a way to push forward the latter by circumventing democratic processes and disregarding legitimate concerns;
Amendment 57 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Points out that brown goods still receive preferential treatment over green goods
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Points out that brown goods still receive preferential treatment over green goods and that tariffs and trade barriers are working against sustainable trade;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Recital C (new) C. whereas the European Union substantially reduced its domestic Greenhouse Gas emissions, those embedded in imports have been constantly rising thereby undermining the Union’s efforts to reduce its global Greenhouse Gas emissions footprint;
Amendment 60 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4.
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Points out that brown goods still receive preferential treatment over green goods and that tariffs and trade barriers are working against sustainable trade, and calls on the Commission to launch a new effort to conclude an Environmental Goods Agreement during the WTO Ministerial Conference 12; demands that the Commission devise instruments to tackle these distortions and walk the talk of the Green Deal by implementing it in all aspects of trade policy;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 4. Points out that brown goods still receive preferential treatment over green goods and that tariffs and trade barriers are working against sustainable trade; demands that the Commission devise instruments to tackle these distortions and walk the talk of the Green Deal by implementing it in all aspects of trade policy; points out that the post-COVID world will see a sharp increase in demand for rare earths in order to speed up the green and energy transition; urges the Commission to consider the aforementioned issue as an integral part of its trade competences;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Points out that high up-front costs, which will only repay themselves over time, and a lack of know-how and equipment are currently
Amendment 64 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Points out that the obligation to form part of a globalised world and the ensuing need for price competitiveness, as well as high up-front costs, which will only repay themselves over time
Amendment 65 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Points out that high up-front costs, which will only repay themselves over time, and a lack of know-how and equipment are currently preventing developing countries from ‘going green’; demands that the Commission use all trade instruments at its disposal to increase financial support, technical assistance including in renewable energy production, technology transfers and digit
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Points out that high up-front costs, which will only repay themselves over time, and a lack of know-how and equipment are currently preventing developing countries from ‘going green’; demands that the Commission use all trade instruments and development cooperation policies at its disposal to increase financial support, technical assistance, technology transfers and digital penetration in order to empower developing countries and enable them to achieve sustainable resilience and to better implement due diligence across the supply chain;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Points out that high up-front costs, which will only repay themselves over time, and a lack of know-how and equipment are currently preventing developing countries from ‘going green’; demands that the Commission use all trade instruments at its disposal to increase financial support, technical assistance, technology transfers and digital penetration in order to empower developing countries and enable them to achieve sustainable resilience; considers that the revision of the General System of Preferences is a first and positive step towards this goal;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Points out that high up-front costs, which
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5a. Asks in that context the EU to review its WTO negotiating directives to table initiatives in the framework of the Trade and Climate Committee as well as in the ongoing environmental goods negotiations aiming at rebalancing the global system of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in order to foster the legal transfer of climate-friendly technology; underlines that such initiatives should include the promotion of a declaration on “IPR and Climate Change” at the WTO, encouraging technology transfer and the use of compulsory licensing of key climate technologies; is of the opinion that the TRIPS Agreement should be amended to allow WTO members to exclude key climate technologies from patent protection as existing flexibilities do not suffice and current TRIPS rules impede the transfer of those technologies to poor and least developed countries;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Recital D (new) D. whereas the European Union, as the world’s largest trading block, finds itself in a unique position to cooperate globally to achieve a sustainable recovery of the world economy, for which trade can be a driver, in line with the European Green Deal and the Paris Agreement;
Amendment 70 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 b (new) 5b. Points out that the EU should also take the lead in favouring an interpretation of WTO rules that is more up-to-date with the present context, in particular with regard to policy exceptions on climate and the environment; emphasizes that the reform of the WTO should offer an opportunity to push forward the possibility to distinguish products according to their process and production methods (PPMs) also when these do not alter the final products because it fulfils a “legitimate objective” in the sense of WTO TBT Agreement (Article 2.2), to aim at a modus operandi to calculate the carbon content of goods or services traded internationally and to include a specific framework and disciplines to foster the circular economy;
Amendment 71 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls for the EU to take a leading role at a multilateral level to end
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls for the EU to take a leading role
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls for the EU to take
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls for the EU to take a leading role at a multilateral level to end harmful subsidies by advocating transparency and strict regulation and disciplines in trade agreements and at the World Trade Organization (WTO); stresses the importance of drawing up sustainability impact assessments on an ex-ante, intermediate and ex-post basis; calls upon the Commission to brief the European Parliament regularly on the ongoing and finalised sustainable impact assessments; stresses the need to develop a comprehensive framework with concrete targets to advance the SDGs, the Green Deal and the ILO Decent Work Agenda in trade and investment agreements; emphasises that new agreements should only be concluded once these targets have been fulfilled and
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls for the EU to take a leading role at a multilateral level to end
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls for the EU to take a leading role at a multilateral level to end harmful subsidies and the continued high level of bank financing for investments which are not climate-friendly by advocating transparency and
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls for the EU to take a leading role at a multilateral level to end harmful subsidies by advocating transparency and strict regulation and disciplines in trade agreements and at the World Trade Organization (WTO); stresses the importance of drawing up
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls for the EU to take a leading role at a multilateral level to end harmful subsidies by advocating transparency and strict regulation and disciplines in trade agreements and at the World Trade Organization (WTO); stresses the importance of drawing up sustainability impact assessments on an ex-ante, intermediate and ex-post basis; stresses the need to develop a comprehensive framework with concrete targets to advance the SDGs, the Green Deal and the ILO Decent Work Agenda in trade and investment agreements; emphasises that new agreements should only be concluded
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Calls for the EU to take a leading role at a multilateral level to end environmentally harmful subsidies by advocating transparency and strict regulation and disciplines in trade
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Recital E (new) E. whereas the pandemic has demonstrated strategic vulnerabilities in the EU and global supply chains, including for essential medical goods such as personal protective equipment and active pharmaceutical ingredients;
Amendment 80 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Recalls the European Parliament position to end protection of investments in fossil fuels in the context of the modernisation of the Energy Charter Treaty; calls for the Commission and the Council to prepare the scenario for a coordinated exit of the EU and its Member States as the prospects of a meaningful reform of the Treaty are extremely unlikely and as the ECT represents a far reaching obstacle for achieving EU climate objectives;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6a. Calls on the EU to adopt an ethical reshoring strategy, shifting production to ‘ethical countries’ that commit in the long term to full alignment with international and European principles and values;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 b (new) 6b. Points out that ongoing challenges such as climate change, the fight against pandemics and the preservation of the environment require appropriate policy space for achieving legitimate public purposes; underlines that in order to provide for a consistent regulatory framework, foreign investors should not be conferred with higher protection standards than domestic investors that may ultimately undermine such policy space;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 c (new) 6c. Is therefore of the opinion that investment protection chapters in EU FTA should be reformed so as to provide for a public, and transparent adjudication process and limit their substance to the principles of non-discrimination and compensation for-expropriation; points out the need to include in these chapters general exception clauses protecting the implementation of obligations arising from human rights treaties and environmental agreements; further underlines that the EU Taxonomy regulation should be a cornerstone of investor protection so as to ensure that only investments supporting economic activities qualifying as environmentally sustainable according to EU criteria would be eligible to such protection;
Amendment 84 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 d (new) 6d. Welcomes that the Commission committed to carry out an ex-post evaluation of the impact of the EU’s agreements on key environmental aspects, including the climate; calls for a concrete timeline and stresses that the evaluations should, when necessary, lead to a review of existing agreements in order to address their identified negative impacts;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7.
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Emphasises that transparency and dialogue are key to creating support for trade policy;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Emphasises that transparency and dialogue are key to creating support for trade policy; insists that the role and responsibilities of civil society and domestic advisory groups must be clearly defined in the EU’s international agreements and that financial assistance must be duly accompanied by capacity
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Emphasises that transparency
Amendment 89 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Emphasises that transparency and dialogue are key to creating support for trade policy; insists that the role and responsibilities of civil society and domestic advisory groups must be clearly defined in the EU’s
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Recital F (new) F. whereas the divisions within the WTO and the urgent need for its reform, complicated the coordinated response to keep global supply chains open, and the priority now must be to rebuild trust in multilateral institutions being able to deliver global answers, by rapidly moving forward on the discussions on the WTO Trade and Health Initiative and a temporary TRIPS waiver for Covid-19 related health products;
Amendment 90 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Emphasises that transparency and dialogue are key to creating support for trade policy; insists that the role and responsibilities of civil society and domestic advisory groups (DAGs) must be clearly defined in the EU’s international agreements and that financial assistance must be accompanied by capacity-building measures to enable
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Emphasises that transparency and dialogue are key to creating support for trade policy; insists that the role and responsibilities of civil society and domestic advisory groups must be clearly defined in the EU’s international agreements and that financial assistance must be accompanied by capacity-building measures to enable it to function effectively; while asking the Commission to cooperate more intensively with the European civil society represented in the EESC;
Amendment 92 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 7. Emphasises that transparency, accountability and dialogue are key to creating support for trade policy; insists that the role and responsibilities of civil society and domestic advisory groups must be clearly defined in the EU’s international agreements and that financial assistance must be accompanied by capacity-building measures to enable it to function effectively;
Amendment 93 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Stresses the need for more coherency and transparency in scrutinising EU trade policy; underlines that coherent, clear, measurable and objective criteria for the EU’s trade policy and regular discussions between the Commission and European Parliament can contribute to more transparency and engagement of EU citizens, better dialogue between the Commission and the European Parliament, more policy coherence and better scrutiny of all aspects of trade policy; stresses the role of ex-ante, intermediate and ex-post sustainable impact assessment in this regard; calls on the Commission to engage with the European Parliament at all stages of its proposals that fall under the EU’s trade policy and ensure that the European Parliament can exercise its role as scrutiniser;
Amendment 94 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Underlines that the upcoming reform of the GSP system is an opportunity to adapt it to key challenges such as climate change or the post- COVID 19 recovery and to provide for broader consistency with the SDGs and the European Green Deal; underlines that such reform should improve transparency, participation and make monitoring a more structured process, points out that an effective implementation of ILO conventions is key and such objective should be at the core of GSP implementation, is strongly concerned that the GSP is currently exacerbating export dependencies of economies and point to need to change course;
Amendment 95 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Emphasises the potential of EU delegations in the implementation of the Union's trade policy, i.e. by supporting the work of the third country DAG, monitoring the implementation of EU trade agreements and instruments on the ground as well as the trade and human rights nexus; deplores the lack of an overarching structure and comprehensive approach into leveraging the potential of EU delegations and the representatives of the Commissions' different services in this regard;
Amendment 96 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 a (new) 7a. Recalls that implementation of all aspects of the FTAs, including labour rights and sustainable development and tackling climate change, should be made; urges the Commission to evaluate together with the Parliament through its Committee of International Trade; stresses that the Parliament should have a stronger role in assessing the implementation of FTAs vis-à-vis the Commission and the Council;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 7 b (new) 7b. Believes that the EU should prioritise trade and investment deals with democratic third countries over other kind of regimes, particularly in the Asian continent;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Stresses the importance of
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